We live in what seems to be a fast-paced world, and the faster that pace, the less able we seem to be patient. The thing about patience is that this character trait is typically developed over a lengthy period of time, because many of us don’t have the time for patience, don’t care for it, and simply want what we want when we want it, case closed. Yet, we have to admit that a world without patient people in it is not going to be a world that would well represent peace, harmony, and caring, but rather would be more of a dog-eat-dog type of mindset, along with those who just have to keep pace with the Joneses, which doesn’t make for a good or healthy functioning society.
It would be better for society if each of us would do our level best to be more patient with one another, and thereby have the willingness to accept all of that which happens to us, and around us, good and bad, without going off the handle. Indeed, to overreact to adverse events typically isn’t going to make things better, but will simply get us up in arms about that which we aren’t going to be able to change in an instant, anyway. That is why it is so important to first accept what has occurred, as having occurred, and then to see if there is anything constructive that we can do about it, so as to overcome what has happened, by our patient and considerate response. So too, we need to be mindful that negative things said about us, or done to us, does not necessarily reflect that we are a bad person, but rather in actuality has a strong tendency to reflect that the person so striking out against us, has their own issues, so that if we are able to demonstrate patience and to tolerate what many would consider to be an offense, we will suffer less, by having made a mature and reasoned decision, not to lose our cool.
Look, it has to be said, a lot of things that we could instantly react to, often, upon reflection, are things that we needed not to have instantly reacted to, because there wasn’t any benefit or good that would come out of it, which is why consistently demonstrating patience and control is so important. We need to understand that not everyone is going to like us and that there are going to be those things which are clearly unjust that will happen to us, but we need not permit this to get under our skin if we understand that by tolerating such adverse actions does not change who and what we really are. In life, we lead by example, and those that do the best leading, are the patient ones, who don’t overreact to what is occurring, but take it in, good or bad, with the sure understanding that when we are more accepting of the other, and their foibles, that we help to make the society that we a member of, better for our patience, our toleration, and our wisdom to let alone what needs to be let alone.