WE CANNOT DO AWAY WITH THE VIRTUE OF PATIENCE
In plain language, patience is a grace that allows us to remain peaceful, calm, even joyful when people or things don’t go our way. It prevents us from getting angry, annoyed, and frustrated at people, places, or circumstances.
We must exercise patience with others. We do not live by ourselves on some deserted island but share our daily lives with different communities of people. Not everyone acknowledges our thoughts and actions and more often than not, this is the time when we get annoyed and perhaps go a step forward and retaliate spitefully. We must not let ourselves be carried by our emotions, but diligently we are obliged to act with patience, which ultimately is a sign of strength and self-control.
A second area where we need to practice patience is with ourselves.
There are occasions when we get discouraged because we failed with ourselves. For example we get discouraged because during prayer we find ourselves distracted all along the way. It would be a grave mistake were we to give up thinking that we cannot move on through the path of holiness. We are wrong to think so.
However, we are right that we cannot do this by ourselves. We need the gift of God, his grace. Coupled with this gift of God we must be patient and struggle against this false inclination of surrendering to the devil’s advice.
Place your trust in God and let Him direct you on your journey of Faith. And to do this you must practice the virtue of Patience and we can become a better person because God helps him who helps himself.
