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I wish you
patience. I hope that you are able to wait for
things and people around you, and not try to hurry life or
hurry people to do things according to your wishes and not
theirs. Many things in life take time to develop if
they're going to be as valuable as they can be, and it's
up to us to wait for them.
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| A lack of patience can lead to disaster, as the
man who "helped" the butterfly out of its cocoon found
out--the long, slow process of escape was necessary for the
insect's survival, and the man's help killed it (see
below). How many times have we all lost out on great
opportunities because we jumped too soon, thinking that we would
lose out if we waited for something to happen? I wish you
the patience that comes of peace of mind, the ability to
recognize when it's better to wait than to leap, better to bide
your time than to hurry. |
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wish you patience with other people and their mistakes and
problems, and I wish you the realization that we all learn
different lessons at different paces, and we cannot expect
everyone to advance at the same speeds as each other. Be
patient with the people who show immaturity, ignorance,
intolerance, even prejudice, for these behaviors merely show
where the people are at this moment, not where they will be when
they grow and learn. May you be able to separate the
people from their attitudes or actions, showing patience for the
children of God, but working to educate so that their ignorance
or prejudice may be overcome. |
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I
remembered one morning when I discovered a cocoon in the bark of a
tree, just as the butterfly was making a hole in its case and
preparing to come out. I waited a while, but it was too long
appearing and I was impatient. I bent over it and breathed on it
to warm it. I warmed it as quickly as I could and the miracle
began to happen before my eyes, faster than life. The case opened,
the butterfly started slowly crawling out and I shall never forget
my horror when I saw how its wings were folded back and crumpled;
the wretched butterfly tried with its whole trembling body to
unfold them. Bending over it, I tried to help it with my breath.
In vain. It needed to be hatched out patiently and the unfolding
of the wings should be a gradual process in the sun. Now it was
too late. My breath had forced the butterfly to appear, all
crumpled, before its time. It struggled desperately and, a few
seconds later, died in the palm of my hand.
That little body is, I do believe, the greatest weight I have on
my conscience. For I realize today that it is a mortal sin to
violate the great laws of nature. We should not hurry, we should
not be impatient, but we should confidently obey the eternal
rhythm.
Nikos Kazantzakis
from Zorba the Greek |
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On
the whole, it is patience which makes the final difference
between those who succeed or fail in all things. All the greatest
people have it in an infinite degree, and among the less, the
patient weak ones always conquer the impatient strong.
John Ruskin
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