This virtue is opposes my character; it’s an inconvenience.
Do you have the patience to wait? Photo from unknowncystic.wordpress.com
Are you reminiscing the last time you encountered the word virtue? I won’t blame you. Let us refresh each other’s registry. From what I remember, virtues are the hallmarks of your character. It is the guiding moral principle of your everyday life activities. If that’s too deep, honesty, faith, punctuality; these are all virtues.
My alma mater has a culture called ‘Virtue of the Month’. It is exactly what the phrase implies – one virtue is expected to radiate within the prevailing month. For example, the virtue of the month is order; a speaker, in the beginning of the month, will preach about what is order, what is not orderly and the rest of the usual. As students, we are expected to practice order and that especially applies to order in our lockers.
The Virtue of the Month has remnants on me, because I’m a proud principled man. I live by values, but there is one virtue that I really hate. It’s patience.
I really hate to waste valuable time doing nothing while waiting in line. You know those times you are stalled, but you can do nothing but to wait. Oh screw that! I want things happening now, spontaneous and flowing.
If I’m in charge of the world, there will be no waiting. Even in grocery lines, I’ll pay Adam Lambert to sing for your entertainment.
There is time and place for everything. Timing is essential in many aspects, even in launching my writing ideas or business ideas; but it doesn’t mean that we sit and wait for every right time. I don’t call that endurance or patience, it’s absurdity.
What virtue you practice the least?
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Waiting is a real pet peeve of mine as well. I can relate. What a time waster!
Thanks for a great post!
It’s hateful to wait! Thanks for coming here Stacy 🙂
I have no tolerance for people who have no tolerance. 🙂
So in essence, you have no tolerance for yourself, since you have no tolerance for people who have no tolerance.
Nah, I know what you mean. Things don’t always go our ways, and real people won’t lose themselves in those times
Isn’t funny how the things we don’t accept in others ususally end up pointing its finger at us? Everytime we judge another we welcome judgement upon ourselves. It is best to live in love, but it is mighty difficult sometimes. I am enjoying your posts. Thank you for your reply. Have a good Sunday! 🙂
Enjoy your Sunday more!
Where are you really going, why don’t you wait and see?
I prefer to fastforward the waiting part to the seeing part 🙂
Generosity – my pick!
Generosity is giving and sharing. You share freely, not with the idea of receiving something in return. You find ways to give others happiness, and give just for the joy of giving. Generosity is one of the best ways to show love and friendship.
Is there really a completely altruistic person? I believe there’s always a self-centered purpose, like sharing to make oneself feel good is a self-centered purpose.
No … I think we share also for that we are able to – and enjoy it – when we share we feel good, but it doesn’t mean that the propose the sharing was to benefit ourself. Feeling good about it is the icing on the cake.
I agree with this one… I know i have to practice my patience and sometimes it’s needed but i dont like to waste my time, in situations i could do something valuable..
Amen! It’s not utterly the waiting part. The real mess is in our head – we could do something valuable with the time but we can’t.
There are cultures that penalize unnecessary waiting as being offensive. For example, big customers are not allowed to wait. This would be the case in South-East Asia, namely Hong Kong. Everything is urgent unless otherwise specified. That is also why, some people say Indonesia is the most efficient country in the world: you hand over $100 and you get a passport immediately (aka corruption). Small talk can be overrated and is only for those who just don’t have enough on their plates and in their daily schedule. But having said that, some manage small talk while providing service. Just because the mouth moves, doesn’t mean the hands have to stop.
I like those cultures, excessive waiting should be penalized! It’s preposterous. I would rather pay that $100 than to wait long
Patience is always a good one to start with… but not inertia which is something else. 🙂
It’s not that I haven’t tried patience. It’s a struggle every time!
I understand and agree. One of my biggest peeves in life are time wasters. It’s bad enough to WATCH someone else waste their own time but when they start wasting MY time…”somebody gonna get hurt rrrrreeeeal bad.”
P.S. I think I ask God to grant me patience at least three times a week. I also apologize double that amount for losing my patience…in my head. I read somewhere once that to do nothing is actually doing something. I dunno about THAT. But I know that I’ve had to work on my walking posture since everywhere I go I walk like this \ that is, my head and shoulders are forward because I can’t move fast enough. Think track runners nearing the finish line. hahahaha.
High five! I do that too. It’s natural for me to walk fast, even just in malls. For me it’s my normal pace, and it irritates me when the one in front is a damn snail.
”somebody gonna get hurt rrrrreeeeal bad.”
well said…waiting is sometimes too pathetic!!
It is!
Patience is a good virtue only few possess, but those that have it enjoy it
Good for them, after all it is still a virtue