Being Patient

Each day, through the people we encounter, we are invited to listen, to speak and to share. Yet at times, our views and opinions do not align; sometimes, they may even collide. Tensions rise; suddenly patience feels fragile and it becomes difficult to safeguard our inner calm. Feeling cornered, we react instinctively, defending our position. Words quickly escalate in an effort to convince the one who, in an instant, now feels like an opponent. Patience then gives way to discord. The door to dialogue closes, if only for a moment.

Being Patient... in God's Way

It is not easy to be patient. We lose patience when a web page does not load instantly, when traffic slows us down, when a package does not arrive the day after we order it, when a flight is delayed…