Patience
is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Genius
is nothing but a great aptitude for patience. - George-Louis de Buffon
Adopt
the pace of nature: her secret is patience. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Patience…very
few people enjoy waiting on something they want and often times people do not have
the characteristic of patience. However,
it is an important part of life.
Recently, a gentleman in the author’s apartment complex has started
telling her every time he sees her that she is being impatient “yet again”. No, the author does not like to wait for slow
elevators and often gets frustrated when she continually hits the close door
button and the elevator doors do not close.
Most likely, the elevators are programmed to be slow for the safety of
the residents, but for a task-oriented individual wasting time is not something
the author enjoys.
However,
as the author was reading recently, a new perspective on patience came into her
thinking.
Think
about a farmer. He/she plants a seed and
then waters it. If he/she walks outside
the next day, will a new plant have grown overnight? No, it takes time and patience for the plant
to take root and grow.
Like
a seed a farmer plants, we all have dreams that we want to see sprout and grow overnight. However, most dreams often take longer than
we would like and we often have to work harder than we expected to accomplish
them. With patience and hard work, the
outcome is usually amazing!
While
waiting, here is a great piece of advice from a Chinese Proverb:
One
moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may
ruin a whole life.
As
the reader is learning to be patient, apply this important characteristic to
other areas of life. Learning patience
may help stop the reader from doing something that could ruin their life.
Learn
the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious
over the outcome of a goal. Impatience breeds anxiety, fear, discouragement and
failure. Patience creates confidence, decisiveness, and a rational outlook,
which eventually leads to success. – Brian Adams
Learning
patience now will help the reader in the future when the dream comes to
fruition!
CHALLENGE: How can you apply the art of patience in
working towards your goals and dreams this week?
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