You know the word, surely you have heard it more than once and in more than an infinity of scenarios, moments, situations and contexts. One of the definitions of the word is: ability to know how to wait when something is desired very much, another of the definitions is the ability to suffer or endure something without being disturbed. If we see it and read it in a deep sense, both definitions are more than intertwined and having this virtue always leaves rewards.
When I am asked what is one of my greatest virtues, without a doubt -and I do not want to sound cocky- she is in the top 3 of the answers, because without her you do not get far and there is no dream or achievable goal, without her facing reality becomes much more difficult, without her there is no inner peace, without her emotionality would leave rationality powerless, without her there is no way to face complicated situations.
What is true is that when we set goals that make us feel great, we will not be talking about immediate goals, or objectives that can be done in a short period of time and don't get me wrong, each day must bring with you a task that you bring to your great purpose, project or dream, but it is patience that will allow you to act and work for it without losing enthusiasm.
Ability to suffer or endure something without being disturbed. It doesn't sound easy, does it? In my case doing this has not been like sitting waiting for one of those moments that so longs for a person with an 'incurable' diagnosis, which is in which a definitive cure for his discomfort is announced, and certainly the first days were very difficult, when the picture was not optimistic in many respects. Yet every day brought and continues to bring teachings. It has been because of patience that I have gone through moments of weakness, physical and emotional, always with the smile of the one who does not know what it feels to be defeated and who knows that calm always comes.
Ability to know how to wait when something is desired very much. This is also not a walk in the park but it is from which great rewards derive, because this definition of patience is what determines -seen from the eyes of a dreamer- whether a project, however big it may be, will be successful or not. Having the ability to wait allows you to see beyond without discouragement, no matter how dark the journey may get. I have had a total of two relapses in almost 10 years of diagnosis, in the first of them I thought that I could not make a professional career, nor walk again without support, much less run; in the second I thought that I would have to abandon my professional career and I would have to get used to walking with the vertigo that accompanies those who recently got off a rollercoaster. I understood that these scenarios would only be in my mind and reality for as long as I wanted to have them there, so I decided to promptly discard them.
"Whoever has patience, will get what he wants."
Benjamin Franklin
As you can read, the journey has not been short and has not been simple, but it has certainly been one that has filled me with the growth that today has me writing this blog, which has me structuring plans and life projects that lead me to be more, to give more. I believe that patience is truly the virtue that makes true sages, and this leaves more than one reward, it leaves successes, learnings, growth and a longing for a brighter future.
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