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Not everything in life has a purpose, but everything in life can be assigned a purpose.
This is where patience comes to play.
Patience is the tool we pull out of our shed when we run across events which appear to be purposeless, and rather than floundering or losing faith, we hammer down value into the situation.
For after all, every wait becomes a weight unless we change it to a way-to.
So what is patience?
1. Pay attention.
While I am here, I will notice what has brought me to this point, what appears to be available to me to improve my situation and the best ways to set a good idea in motion.
It reminds me of the old Twilight Zone episode, when the man’s truck breaks down in the desert and after several days he dies of thirst and when the rescuers arrive, the bizarre revelation is that all the time, his truck was hauling water.
More often than not if we’re paying attention, our solution–or at least elements of it–are in the surroundings where we find ourselves, stalled.
2. Pay your dues.
If we’re going to be placed in a dilemma when for a certain length of time we will be immobile, we might as well practice.
When I was much younger, I had an upcoming musical performance in which I had a piano piece that was well beyond my ability. I was sitting in a room with a friend talking about how I was uncertain of this particular composition.
He jokingly said, “Do you know what you’re sitting on?”
I looked down. It was a piano bench. And where there’s a piano bench, somewhere there’s a piano. Sure enough, stuck in a side room I found a piano. I took my bench, went in and paid my dues–I rehearsed.
The amount of time it takes to worry is an equivalent to the amount of time it would take us to practice our way to victory.
3. Pay respect.
It seems to me that when we are in the fit of impatience one of the first things to depart is civility.
Remember that old saying–“biting the hand that feeds you?”
After all, you only have three friends: you, God and other people.
If you are frustrated, you’re probably not very friendly.
If God knows there are people around to help you, He will probably leave it up to them.
So in the midst of trying to be patient, cordiality must be maintained and respect for the feelings of others, because you just never know who has the rope to throw your way, to pull you out of your ditch.
Patience is looking for hope in a meager possibility. It is a length of time that comes our way before we find resolution.
You might as well put it to use.
The old saying is, “If life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” But the truth of the matter is, lemons only make lemon juice.
It’s necessary, through our patience, for us to bring the sweetness.
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