Creators like Einstein are fascinating.
Doers like Churchill seem magnificent.
So for most of my life, when I (erroneously) thought of patience as passively waiting, I cringed with distain.
I wanted to do it now. I wanted progress now!
Then I learned that patience is working while waiting. Patience is a process. Patience is not knowing the ending but enjoying the journey and the uncertainty.
Patience is recognizing that termination points, style and substance are up to God, and I'm not Him.
A wise person once said*, "Patience is a purifying process."
I say patience is a purifying process, not a terrifying process.
Patience is fundamental to great relationships and living abundantly.
(*see Continue In Patience)
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