Patience

What is patience?  Some of the words are:

endurance ?  staying power?

lack of complaint ? persistence ?

fortitude? serenity?

Patience is waiting for your child to do a chore,

taking up to a half hour or an hour, to do what you

can do in 5 minutes.  Waiting for them to accomplish

something so hard for them, so easy for you... and

seeing the look of pride on their faces.

Patience is waiting for your elderly parent, putting

on a jacket, or their shoes, while you wait for them

to go with you, and not doing it for them. Making

sure you don't take their independence away from

them.

Patience is waiting for a new clerk to get your order

done, when you know you are in a hurry, but

remembering your first day on a job.

Patience is remembering not every day is a good

day for everyone...and having the patience to get

thru the foul disposition of a worker who is waiting

on you.

And having patience with a situation, when you

want to scream.. PATIENCE BE DAMN, I WANT

TO GET THIS DONE NOW...