Patience

This is a generation of instant gratification – 2 minutes frozen dinners, instant communication, instant everything. You are hungry, call in pizza. In fact, we are so used to having things impromptu that the art of patience is slowly wearing out. Everything is fine, when things go your way, and there is no waiting time. But the moment life throws a curveball; we are thrown off track and want instant solutions.



Patience is an art that you have to practice consistently to perfect. I am basically a very impatient person. In fact, I am the type of person, who is marking the days off calendar in June for Christmas. When everything is going smoothly and according to plans, life is great and the need of practicing patience seems superfluous. The problem is when nothing goes according to plan, when what you want is just out of reach and you start to lose faith. Faith and patience are the two pillars on which your being relies on when life shows the ugly “unfair” face.



Patience is like discipline – you have to observe indiscriminately in good times and bad. Practice it when things go right and you will not lose faith when you experience bumps slowing you down.



Over the years, I realized that being impatient was robbing me of my “present”. I have learnt to calm my mind and wait – wait for the storm to pass away and the sun to shine again. Look at the trees, they don’t rush – flowers bloom in spring and leaves fall in autumn – no sooner or later. The moon takes its time to complete its cycle and although I love sunlight, I know I have to wait for the darkness to pass.



I still haven’t perfected the art of patience; it is going to be an ongoing process and maybe I will never master it. But, now whenever I feel this restless flutter in my heart, I recognize it and calm it and patiently wait for it to regain its faith!



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This is a generation of instant gratification – 2 minutes frozen dinners, instant communication, instant everything. You are hungry, call in pizza. In fact, we are so used to having things impromptu that the art of patience is slowly wearing out. Everything is fine, when things go your way, and there is no waiting time. But the moment life throws a curveball; we are thrown off track and want instant solutions.



Patience is an art that you have to practice consistently to perfect. I am basically a very impatient person. In fact, I am the type of person, who is marking the days off calendar in June for Christmas. When everything is going smoothly and according to plans, life is great and the need of practicing patience seems superfluous. The problem is when nothing goes according to plan, when what you want is just out of reach and you start to lose faith. Faith and patience are the two pillars on which your being relies on when life shows the ugly “unfair” face.



Patience is like discipline – you have to observe indiscriminately in good times and bad. Practice it when things go right and you will not lose faith when you experience bumps slowing you down.

Over the years, I realized that being impatient was robbing me of my “present”. I have learnt to calm my mind and wait – wait for the storm to pass away and the sun to shine again. Look at the trees, they don’t rush – flowers bloom in spring and leaves fall in autumn – no sooner or later. The moon takes its time to complete its cycle and although I love sunlight, I know I have to wait for the darkness to pass.

I still haven’t perfected the art of patience; it is going to be an ongoing process and maybe I will never master it. But, now whenever I feel this restless flutter in my heart, I recognize it and calm it and patiently wait for it to regain its faith!