The better we know our selves, the more patient we become with those who annoy us. Annoying people can teach us how not to behave, for they sow in us seeds inspiring us to grow patience, sufficient to restrain our easy response to repay with the same coin.
Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity. ~ Carl Jung
Patiently dealing with troubling circumstances empowers the person determined to transform their difficult times into learning lessons, encouraging them never to surrender to any thought that their adversities cannot be resolved with all that patience, and time provides to those inspired by their inner person.
Patience is never apathetic, when working to resolve that which will create the desired result. Patience is not thwarted by the immediate circumstances; it is sustained by the belief that the goal is realisable when patiently enduring the present.
"Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections, but instantly set about remedying them - every day begin the task anew."
- Francis de Sales
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