Patience
Saint |
Saboteur |
Patience |
Anger |
Patience transcends
anger
Questions to ponder upon this month:
- Do I have a need to make others wrong so I seem right?
- Do I have a belief that patience is a sign of weakness?
- Why is patience considered a virtue?
Patience is the absence of anger. The angrier we become the less we are able
to express the ever-present patience within us. The more present we are with
anger the more likely we are to cause harm now and in the future. The presence
of patience can chip away at arrogant criticisms and unnecessary retaliatory
actions. Patience is self-control, it is inner-strength and it can grant us grace
rather than remorse. This is because it can save us from our own biting words
and reactionary comments that may be regrettable later on.
Patience is the high road in life and that means to attain it we must be like
mountain climbers and move upward with care and perseverance. A mountain climber
knows to hold steady when a storm approaches. In our daily life we too will benefit
from holding steady or being patient during our inner storms.
Anger is the absence of patience. It is our saboteur. Anger, as with patience
comes in varying degrees. It can range from mild frustration to acts of violence.
At the moment that anger fills our heart we can feel absolutely right. That feeling
can imply that not only have we been wronged but the pain in our heart is proof
of it. That pain can knock all reason right out of us. We can justify any wrong
that we have done to the other person and/or the wrong we are about to do to
other person because of a single moment of insult or criticism. We can sacrifice
our own humanity in order to demonstrate how much pain we are enduring. Anger
can make us forget that we have made others feel this exact same way. Unchecked
anger can turn us into the person that we so deeply disdain. Unchecked anger
can turn into madness.
Kindly ponder on patience. Practice, practice, practice. |
