Patience

“Patience is a byproduct of self-confidence, because self-confident people do not have the urgency to quickly feel better.”

Simply waiting for favorable things to happen on their own without taking any action is not patience; that’s wishful-thinking.

Unlike popular advice, patience is not something we can practice to gain; because, patience, like other skills, must be created from within.  Therefore,

Self-contentment, self-improvement, and self-fulfillment, which are as a result of independence and self-reliance, allow us to trust in our Self and in our decision-making abilities; which in-turn, creates a mindset of calmness and serenity that is generally associated with patience and harmony.  Independence and self-reliance give us the power to become confident in our thinking and decision-making; therefore, it removes the impulsivity that impatient people commonly feel.  By becoming self-reliant and by reducing our self-doubt and uneasiness, we become confident to trust our judgment and decision-making abilities; which consequently results in having more patience to see our goals and dreams accomplished.  Therefore, patience is a skill; hence, effective-patience requires awareness, understanding, and learning.