THE BEST WAYS TO KEEP YOUR PATIENCE! (self-help, motivation, personal growth, personal development, self-improvement, self-esteem)

 

When a small seed is sown in the soil, it doesn’t ’t germinate within a second, within a minute, within an hour and within a day; it will take for a few days to germinate into a seedling, and then it will take for a few weeks and months to grow and develop into a beautiful plant. A small seed keeps its patience to grow into a plant. But it doesn’t give up its growing before time.

                                                                                                         

“One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life.”

                       ---Chinese Proverb

 

A baby will take nine months to come out from its mother’s womb. During all these nine months, a mother keeps her patience while facing all the hurdles and pains only to bring out her child in this world. But she doesn’t try to deliver her child before time.

A farmer keeps his patience while waiting for five to six months to reap his crops. But he doesn’t try to reap his unripe crops before time.

A hen keeps her patience while hatching her eggs so that she could see her chicks coming out. But she doesn’t smash her eggs before time.

It is the universal law that everything takes time to grow, develop and flourish. Nothing happens before time.

 

Patience is the key factor in everything in this world.         

 

Without patience, nothing is possible. If you want to see the final outcome of whatever you do in your life, then you have to keep your patience.

The fact of the matter is that you couldn’t see your success within a few days, within a few weeks, within a few months and within a year, but you have to wait for many years; and at the same time you have to keep your patience. Then only you will witness your grand success in your life.

Why many people fail in their lives, despite of their hard works and labors? The only reason of their failures is that they can’t wait; they can’t give time; they want instant results and success. They fail to keep their patience.

 

“Little by little through patience and repeated effort, the mind will become stilled in the Self.”

                                                         ---Bhagwad Gita

 

The above verse from Bhagwad Gita urges you:

 

• Keep doing your work.

• Don’t stop.

• Focus on yourself.

• Keep your patience.

• Grow slow, but steady.

• Never get hurry for anything

• Don’t afraid to grow slowly.

• Things will take time to grow and develop.

• You will get the fruit of your hard work when you keep your patience.

 

Anecdote:

Once upon a time, there was a man who was disappointed with his life. He worked very hard all day and put in much effort, but he always faced failure. The man felt very frustrated, so one day he left everything and exiled himself to the forest. He met a hermit there. Seeing the frustrated man, the hermit asked him why he was living in the woods. The man told the hermit about his failure and asked, “Please tell me one reason why I should not give up my sad life?

The hermit told him the Chinese bamboo story. He showed the man two plants and asked, “Do you see the two plants there? The fern and the Chinese bamboo?” The man nodded in yes. Hermit then told him that he had planted the seeds of both the plants together. He said, “I took proper care of both the plants. I gave them the required food, water, sunlight and fertilizer. The fern grew quickly within a short period, but the Chinese bamboo did not.” The man was confused and asked the hermit why it was so.

The hermit continued, “I nurtured the Chinese bamboo for four years but nothing happened. There was so sign of growth. But, I did not give up on the tree and continued to nurture it. In the fifth year, the Chinese bamboo tree grew almost 90 feet tall within two months.” Hearing this, the man became stunned. He asked the hermit, “So nothing happened in the bamboo tree seed for the first four years, but it grew to a shocking height only in a few months! How is it possible?”

The hermit laughed and explained to the man that the little bamboo tree was using all the nourishment to grow below the soil and to develop its strong root system that would help it grow tremendously tall. The Chinese bamboo developed a strong foundation to help and sustain itself in its later years.

The hermit then asked the man, “Do you now understand why you should not give up on your life?” The man finally learnt his lesson that all his struggles were building his foundation for a better life. He thanked the hermit and left the forest to start his life afresh and to fulfill his dreams.

 

What are the hidden messages in the Chinese Bamboo’s story?

 

• You have to keep your patience in every situation of your life.

• You have to keep your persistence even you will witness your setbacks and failures.

• You have to keep your faith in your own potential.

• You have to grow yourself every day.

• You have to build your own solid foundation to achieve success.

• You shouldn’t get distracted from your goal.

• You shouldn’t give up in your life.

 

A Patient Man:

 

• He keeps his patience in every situation of his life.

• He never does anything in a hurry.

• He waits for the right time.

• He knows that he could only grow gradually.

• He follows the nature’s law.

• He never goes against anything.

• He never loses his hopes.

• He maintains his balance life.

• He knows the importance of his life.

• He knows the importance of his patience.

 

An Impatient Man:

 

• He is impatience in every situation of his life.

• He is always in a hurry.

• He wants everything before time.

• He wants to grow fast.

• He never follows the nature’s law.

• He always goes against everything.

• He quits too early.

• He lives an imbalanced life.

• He plays with his own life.

• He always fails to keep his patience.

 

“Patience is not simply the ability to wait- it’s how we behave while we’re waiting.”

                                                                ---Joyce Meyer