| Patience is a virtue, have it if you can | | | | enough, people learn at their own pace, change at |
| It's always in a woman, but never in a man | | | | their own rate, queues move as fast as they move |
| I heard that growing up and it certainly was lacking in | | | | and the world does not generally change just |
| this man! And we joke about our lack of patience but | | | | because we want it too (although I heard that in the |
| don't you secretly wish you could find more patience | | | | USA the consumer is king, so perhaps he or she can |
| with [insert name]? | | | | make it happen faster if he/she complains loudly |
| The Bible (whether you accept its authority or not) | | | | enough!) |
| has a good definition of love and guess what it starts | | | | I am not advocating a stoic resignation to 'being here |
| with: | | | | all day', just the suggestion that occasionally we stop |
| Love is patient! | | | | and ask ourselves: |
| 1 Corinthians 13 | | | | "Am I insisting the world bends to my rules?' |
| Why does it start with that? Well, my guess is that | | | | Is there a law that says this queue should move |
| unconditional love makes allowances for people to do | | | | faster, person should act/think according to my |
| and say and be at their own pace, not ours. And this, | | | | timetable?' |
| I believe is the crux of the problem. When you are | | | | 'Am I God?' |
| being impatient, are you not saying : | | | | Basically, being patient with someone is respecting |
| 'According to my standards you are not going fast | | | | them by saying with your actions (and calm |
| enough.' | | | | breathing!) - it's all-right for you to be you at your |
| 'According to my rules, I should not have been | | | | pace. |
| waiting here in this queue this long' | | | | Now we know there are times when we may not |
| 'You must learn faster than this because I don't want | | | | agree with this, and there are exceptions to most |
| to wait around." | | | | rules. But you can continue making yourself unhappy |
| 'You should be smarter.' | | | | by your childish demands or you can look to see if |
| 'I've got to get somewhere else!' | | | | you are being unrealistic and decide if you are going |
| What all these statements have in common is the | | | | to stay with the situation as it is, or leave, or do |
| demand that the world (or a person) must bend to | | | | something you think will change it. |
| your demands of it (when you say so!) But, funnily | | | | |