Sunday, November 10, 2013

WHAT IS PATIENCE?

Patience is quiet hope and expectation based on trust that, in the end, everything will be all right. Patience means waiting.  It is enduring a delay or troublesome situation without complaining.

It means having self-control because you can't control the way someone else is acting or when things don't go as you'd like.  Patience is being calm and tolerant when difficult thngs happen.

Patience is persevering...sticking with something for as long as it takes to finish it. when you are patient, you know that things take time, just like a seed you plant will someday grow into a flower of a fruit bearing tree. 

Patience is a commitment to the future.  It is doing something now so that later something good will happen.  It is also putting up with all of the things necessary to make it happen. 

Patience is seeing the end in the beginning,
doing what you can and then calmly waiting, with trust that the results will come.

You practice patience by accepting things you cannot control.  Even if you feel impatient, you act calm and accepting while waiting for someone who is delayed.  You have faith that things will turn out all right in the end.  A sense of humor helps! :):)

When you practice patience, you surrender to something that you have to endure, like an illness that will last a certain time, or a handicap you may always have, instead of fighting it and getting mad about it.  You are gentle with others when they make mistakes and you are gentle with yourself too.

Patience helps you to stick to something you are trying to do, even when it gets difficult or tiresome. You persevere until it is finished, even if you won't receive the reward for all your work until the very end.  You are willing to set goals for your future, knowing that it is really worth all your efforts.

Trust in God can give you patience...a quiet hope that will get you through the hard times.


(I did not write this. I think it came from a Baha'i children's book.)


GOD BLESS!!  HAVE A MYSTIC DAY!!

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