Topic: Patience

Do you hate to wait? Many people do. Many of us have little patience or at least not enough patience. Having patience can be a golden gift we develop. We are not born with patience. In truth, we are born with impatience. When we are first born we want to be fed and changed on demand. As we grow and mature, we learn or need to learn patience as a part of our maturation process. To achieve our hopes, dreams, goals, and ambitions, we must learn to wait patiently for opportunities. We must learn to be patient during our days and years of study, preparation, and training. In short, the future comes to those who prepare patiently for the future. Being able to patiently wait while we are in constant preparation enables us to focus on what is important at the moment and focus on what our next actions will be. When adversity strikes, patience is again golden because we can respond to adversity with calmness and assurance. Impatience is a huge hindrance. Impatience is borne out of immaturity. To learn patience, we must continually remind ourselves whatever we work for can come to fruition in time and time is on our side. Time is not necessarily the enemy. The enemy is often our own impatience at having to forestall our wants and needs being met.

These words were posted at one of Shepherd's Care Ministries Sites called Wisdom Moment. This site is located at:
http://www.shepherdscare.net/wisdomminute

Shepherd's Care Ministries Main Site located at:
http://www.shepherdscare.net/