Hello guys and welcome back to my blog. How’s everyone feeling today? It’s been a while but I hope you’re as excited as me for this new article. Today we’re going to talk about patience and why it’s important to be patient. Don’t forget to like the article, follow my blog and share it with someone else.
So I’ve been thinking about writing a new article but the ideas wouldn’t come up. I was getting worried about losing my loyal readers (lol). Two weeks ago, I read something in the Bible who spoke about patience and just like that, I found my topic for this article.
In the Bible reading, they were talking about God’s patience with us. Humans aren’t patient and are always quick to judge and condemn others but God is patient with us and when we make mistakes, he forgives us.
Personally I feel like us Haitians, are the least patient people on earth. The most accurate example to illustrate this is our customer services. Usually the provider or the person behind the counter/phone is always rushing to be done with the client or the customer and most of the times, they’re super rude. It’s only because they’re not patient and when you’re not patient, you get easily irritated, annoyed, frustrated…. There was a time where I wasn’t patient at all but a few years ago I started working with children and one of the quality traits required in that field is patience. Working with kids has changed me and I’m working day by day to become a more patient person.
Working on being a patient person is hard we all know that. It’s a daily struggle. There’s always a situation that tries our patience. This simple word is so hard to practice because things don’t always go our way or because we’re so different from one another.
What is patience?
Based on a popular definition I found, “patience is the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, problems or suffering without becoming annoyed or anxious.” From this definition we can say that patience equals tolerance and I’m going to list a few reasons why sometimes it’s good to be patient.
1. Patience fights negativity. Someone who’s patient sees the good side of things most of the times. When you’re not patient, you’re always pessimistic, always in a rush because probably you’re afraid that something might happen.
2. Good things take time. It’s always important for an artist to better it’s craft. You guys like wine right? As people always say, the best wines are the ones who’ve been in the tank for the longest. Imagine if the first person who made wine wasn’t patient? He or she would’ve just throw away the beverage every time because it wasn’t good enough…just yet.
3. Patience helps make rational decisions. Y’all ever heard people say don’t make decisions when you’re too happy or angry? That’s because in those moments we’re fueled with emotions and we make decisions in a rush. When you’re calm and patient, your brain can process the situation without being influenced by your emotions and irrational thinking. Patience gives us time to think.
“Patience is a form of wisdom. It shows that we understand and accept the fact that sometimes things must unfold in their own time.” – Jon Kabat-Zinn
4. Patience helps with mental health. Usually someone who isn’t patient is always worrying about things. We all know that worries bring stress and these two things are our mental’s health enemies.
5. Patience brings peace. Like I just said, when you’re being patient you have time to think. Patience helps you relax and be rational and the outcome in this case is peace. Your mind is at rest and that’s good for the body and soul.
6. Patience helps strengthen our faith. “I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry.” Ps 40,1. “But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.” Rm 8,25. “The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.” Ex 14,14. These are a few examples of how patience is key when it comes to our faith. Most of the times when we ask God for some things, we have to be patient and strengthen our faith. God hears us but sometimes we aren’t ready for what we ask for. My parents wanted a girl. They’ve had three boys and had to wait 14 years of marriage to have me. It wasn’t God’s plan yet but did they stop having faith in him? No.
7. Patient people are better friends. Believe it or not, it is known that patient people are more cooperative, empathetic and forgiving. What’s better than a friend that actually listens, gets you, helps you and forgive?
“Patience with others is Love. Patience with self is Hope. Patience with God is Faith.” – Adel Bestavros
8. Achieve goal. There’s a creole quote that says “avèk pasyans wa jwenn trip foumi.” which means with a little patience you’ll be able to find ants’s gut. When you want to achieve something you should not rush; be patient and go with the flow. I remember when I started college, an old friend told me she’d get as many classes as possible per semester so she could finish early. I told her to be patient and let’s just go at our own pace. What happens is that when you have too many classes you will eventually fail some and therefore not able to finish when you wanted to. So goal not achieved.
“Patience is not simply the ability to wait – it’s how we behave while we’re waiting.” –Joyce Meyer
At the end of the day, although it’s hard to be patient it’s not impossible. There are situations that require a little bit of patience. The road is long and full of traps but we can do it.
PS : being patient is different from being passive. When you’re patient, you wait calmly while being productive whereas a passive person just wait while being inactive. You can be both depends on the situation you’re facing as long as it gets you to achieve anything you want. Maybe one day I’ll talk about it if you guys are interested.
That’s all for today guys. I hope everyone enjoyed this article and will try to be a little bit patient everyday. Until we meet again, take care, stay safe and be blessed… always.