Aristotle once said that “Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.” Although he didn’t have to deal with sluggish Wi-Fi or face lengthy traffic jams on the freeway, I’m sure Aristotle’s time shaping medieval scholarship lent to many opportunities for patience-building. I can just picture the...
My dad was a big man. He was overweight and he knew it. I’ll never forget one holiday when we were both standing at the dessert table. He was scooping up his second helping. He looks up from the plate with a mischievous grin and says, “Yeah, I’m working on getting skinny and beautiful. I’ve got...
Patience is one of those character traits that benefits from the combined effort of multiple character traits. Patience benefits from endurance, discernment, diligence, flexibility, wisdom and more. The advancement of technology has given ours and younger generations an expectation of instant...
Strata Leadership materials define patience as taking the time necessary to work through a difficult situation. Google defines patience as the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset. Wikipedia goes more in-depth and describes patience as the...
Character First! defines patience as accepting a difficult situation without giving a deadline to remove it. Webster’s defines patience as being able to remain calm and not become annoyed when waiting for a long time or when dealing with problems or difficult people. Patient people understand, in...
