Cultivate the power of patience, it will do you a lot of good

We work in haste. In most cases, we are reactive rather than proactive. Action is always in our mind.

We work in haste. In most cases, we are reactive rather than proactive. Action is always in our mind.

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Patience is an invaluable skill that one should always have. Frustration and anger arise out of not analysing things in a positive way. Patience is practice attached to the spiritual state of the mind as well as a way of finding emotional freedom.

At the same time, we say “impatience happens” and “frustration happens”. Right from the morning to the night we find plenty of reasons to be impatient. After all, we live in a fast world and our goals may fail to materialise. Failure to manage time is a reason for being impatient. How to deal with it all? You can drive yourself crazy, be irritable, feel victimised, or try to enforce an outcome. All these reactions alienate others and bring out the worst in you.

Patience doesn’t mean passivity but power. It’s a practice of waiting, watching and knowing when to act. Patience has a bad reputation for the wrong reasons. You should be positive and create a way to free yourself from frustration.

Frustration is an obstruction. It agitates and creates intolerance when your needs aren’t met. It’s tied to inabilities. At our own risk, we’ve become too used to immediate results such as frustration and impatience. But with patience, you’re able to step back and regroup instead of aggressively reacting or hastily giving up on someone who’s frustrating you.

Lastly, patience doesn’t make you a doormat or unable to create boundaries with people. Rather, it lets you assess the situation to get a larger, more loving view to determine right action. Patience moves within reach when you can read someone’s deeper motives.

(Inner Voice comprises contributions from our readers. The views expressed are personal.)