“You may have noticed how people who are patient attract others to them whereas impatience deters people. There is a warmth in patience that brings comfort to self and others. Patience can also support courage in difficult situations. It provides time and space to consider options — solutions that might not appear when we are rushed but that may help us penetrate a baffling problem and lead to a good outcome. And patience, being an aspect of concentration, helps us to focus better in whatever situation we find ourselves. So let your mind explore patience in its many facets. Then think of times when you practiced patience and you those times when being patient would have helped matters but you weren’t patient. Why weren’t you? Were you unaware at the time that patience was called for? Or did you know that but something held you back?”
