Patience, Persistence and Hope
Rule no: 8: Patience does not mean to passively endure. It means to look at the end of a process. What does patience mean? It means to look at the thorn and see the rose, to look at the night and see the dawn. Impatience means to be short-sighted as to not be able to see the outcome. The lovers of God never run out of patience, for they know that time is needed for the crescent moon to become full. Someone recently told me that patience is the sign of maturity. "Oh my God, I am not mature at all" was the first thought that came to mind. The shock of it left quite an impact on me as I never thought of patience as sign of maturity. It always came to me as something related with calmness and also tolerance but patience as a sign of maturity …. Give me a break! However, after my initial unwillingness to accept patience as a sign of maturity, it really dawned on me that my friend is right. What else can be a sign of maturity if not patience. An ability to deal with problems,