“All men commend patience, although few are willing to
practice it,” said by Thomas Kempis is a realization to most that patience is a
difficult trait to acquire and apply to a daily activity. People are grateful
and pleased when they encounter a patient being because a majority of society
can not supply or simply do not understand the art of patience.
Patience is having the even-tempered mindset that is capable
of bearing annoyance, misfortune, or pain without complaining or sulking. A
persistent man gives his time up to help others, whether physically by moving
around a few boxes or verbally by listening to someone vent or rant about
quandaries or mentally by waiting for someone to arrive or make a decision. Patience
is commended and applauded and admired by society, but not many are willing to
actually be patient themselves. They are not motivated to become patient or
practice their ability to be patient because, when it comes down to it, they
are selfish.
A man loves to be waited on. They wait for dinner to be
serves, wait for the house to be cleaned, wait for someone to listen to their
thoughts. But when someone is not there to do those things and someone asks
them for a flower, they suddenly have a “very, very important phone call to
make” or a “championship game to watch.”
People do not want to be passive and assist to others or
listen to other’s problems. Most want someone to please them but when the roles
are reversed, they suddenly have no patience and decide they are too occupied
with their life to help out. A majority of the human population are impatient,
egotistic people who adore when others are patient and caring to them but
decide they are “too good” for patience themselves. What a thoughtful world we
live in.
Laura, I love your quote. It is true that people applaud patience, but they are not patient themselves. Being patient is a difficult task for many, but it can be accomplished if we just stop thinking about ourselves. Your writing and vocabulary are magnificent. Great job. :D
ReplyDeleteI liked how you compared impatience to selfishness. It is true that many people dont like to be patient, so they make excuses; things to do, places to go. Too many people only look out for themselves. Overall, everyone can learn a thing or two from this post :) Great job !
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your post a lot. I especially liked when you compared selfishness to impatience people and it’s true. When people only think about themselves, they don’t have time to have the patience for anything else. People need to learn how to have patience in life. Great job!
ReplyDeletePatience is key, and it is very true. Without patience we can't express ourselves without offending people. Life itself will teach us to be patient, some sooner than others. If you've ever watched th Notebook then you know love takes patience, (he read to her everyday!)
ReplyDeleteI liked your response to patience Laura! Patience is very essential and we need it for everything. People sometimes spend so much timw thinking about themselves that they do not think about the patience for others. Great response.
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