The Discipline of Patience

To be patient, you must first be aware.

Patience isn’t passive—it requires attention, concern, and the strength to remain detached.

True patience demands perspective. It asks that you extend grace even when frustration tempts you otherwise. Understanding grows only through knowledge and wisdom—and wisdom begins with humility.

The wise man knows he cannot know it all.

Curiosity, then, becomes an act of love.

To seek, to learn, to understand—not for self-glory, but for connection—is patience in its highest form.

Be concerned, but not consumed.

Engaged, but not entangled.

This balance is where true patience lives.

“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.” — Aristotle