I’ve come to see that one of the most helpful virtues is patience. My mother taught me that it was St. Augustine who said, “the reward of patience is patience.” In fact, patience is its own reward.
Patience means Peace.
I’ve written about this many times because it’s one of my great life lessons.
When I have patience then so much more is possible in the moment. When I’m patient, I’m available for Love’s insights and wisdom as well as greater intuition and understanding.
When I’m patient I’m already centered in my heart and available for compassion to flow through me. Any experience of compassion is an experience of Love’s Presence, and that’s deeply healing to me.
Everyone deserves patience. Everyone benefits from patience. It’s not hard to understand.
When I’m being patient, I’m giving myself the gift of Peace and that’s a beautiful thing.
Sometimes we feel that certain people don’t deserve our patience.
I think of the news this past week of the 85 year old white man who shot a 16 year old honors student who rang his doorbell looking for his brothers. He had the wrong address, and was not known to the older man who shot him twice. Why did he shoot this beautiful young man? He had the “wrong” skin color.
If the man had any patience, he would have realized that this boy was simply at the wrong house and send him on his way.
Patience is not only a virtue, it’s preventative.
To me, the important thing here, and now is that we realize EVERYONE deserves our patience. I also feel they deserve our compassion. Even those who lack compassion deserve compassion – maybe they need it most of all.
Today, let’s be clear about anyone that we’ve thought didn’t deserve our patience and compassion and let’s get out of that mindset and into our heart. Love is the healer.
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