What is PATIENCE? PATIENCE: the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, difficulty, or annoyance without getting angry or upset. (Wikipedia) Nobodys life is free of the above... Everyday I have to experience at least one of them... my reaction was to the least get upset or the worst is to get “angry”...But then it made the already stressful and unpleasant situation worse. So I began making a conscious effort to respond to “delay, difficulty, or annoyance” differently by tolerating their presence... to find creative ways how to endure them productively... One time I read a simple quotation by Bhante, Sri Lankan Buddhist Monk: I TAKE NO PROBLEM to mean that we can learn to be patient.. We can learn not to get upset and angry when unwelcome thoughts and emotions arise... Instead, to calmly accept the inevitable presence of delay, difficulty and annoyance knowing that those conditions are only for the meantime... They will change as we can change our mind... We can transform impatience to patience because it always feels good... Today I had an appointment to meet with a business fellow at four in the afternoon but transportation service to bring me to the place was available only at 8 in the morning however taking the public ride is inconvenient with traffic so heavy...I was in a dilemma-- if I would avail of the very early private ride i would get bored due to long waiting time if otherwise, traffic is an annoyance... I chose the lesser inconvenience i.e. to while away time. I went out early but with firm resolve to be patient... I decided to restaurant hop and enjoy the scintillating moments that will surely come my way... Thank God, I did!..the pleasure of food and the warmth of strangers in the person of food servers, customers, etc had me full so with my time... No room for annoyance, hahaha...😝 😋 Please ENJOY the moment with me thru these photos... 💝
Posted on: Tue, 04 Nov 2014 07:37:48 +0000
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