Patience is Indeed a Virtue

When was the last time you had to exercise patience? I mean real, honest-to-goodness patience. Has your mind ever been so preoccupied with the wanting and the waiting that you are unable to focus on the present moment, the task at hand?

I stand guilty as charged. I have always struggled with patience because I am most always in action! I have been a doer all of my life and it is a very hard habit to break. I make things happen – for me and for others around me. The development of this virtue called patience has been a steep learning curve for me but it is one that I have undertaken in my quest to define and execute my personal vision of success. The frustrating thing is that just when I seem to have gotten the knack, the Universe comes out, guns a-blazing, with a wicked big test for me! And today, I failed.

That is my confession. Trying to justify my desire to have what I want right now, I ask: Is it possible that impatience can be seen in a good light? I mean, I’m not ranting and raving, pacing the floors, or being destructive. I just want things to happen now. Is there anybody out there who can relate to me????


Over the past few years, I have really been working at developing FAITH which I believe to be highly related to patience. I truly believe that the Universe has a great plan in mind for me and that everything is as it should be. There are no accidents. Everything happens for a reason. It’s just that sometimes, like today, I forget… my ego rises and I forget that I don’t have all the answers and that I don’t know what it best. My over-eager and intense personality gets all excited with plans and options and lists and diagrams and, … sigh! Alright Ego, time to go meditate!


I like this quote by Corazon Aquino because it allows for some (of my natural) spunk in the midst of allowing forces outside our control to shape our future: “Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things - with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope.”

My friends, as you move forward on your journey to Embrace Your Potential, I trust that you will learn the virtue of patience. As you define your personal vision of success, the Universe will conspire to bring you everything you desire. Trust that it will unfold naturally and beautifully. Benjamin Franklin said, “He that can have Patience, can have what he will.” Living in Possibility is all about believing in your ability to attract what you desire. Let the intensity for doing drift away and replace it with an intense way of being – that is, live fully in the present moment and everything else will take care of itself.