Patience and Understanding

"Here's something to keep in mind as you go through this
hectic day. The person who benefits most from your patience
is you.

Yes, you'll come across many people who are rude, annoying
and self-centered. But does it really serve any positive
purpose for you to sink to their depths of negativity?

Instead, take the opportunity to rise to a higher level of
peacefulness and understanding. Take the opportunity to
practice and strengthen your patience.

Patience and understanding will take you to places where
anger, frustration, confusion and anxiety can never reach.
Patience and understanding put you in a position of real
power and effectiveness.

Practice patience, and you will build real strength. Live
with patience and understanding, and a whole new world of
valuable opportunities will open up to you.

There's nothing to be gained by reacting to rudeness and
anxiety with more rudeness and anxiety of your own making.
Respond instead with patience and understanding, and you'll
make your world a much better place."

Ralph Marston