It’s a proven fact that patience and wisdom walk hand in hand. Patience is one of those virtues that can transform a moment of high anxiety into quite relaxation. In the presence of a patient person, we are surrounded by an aura of calm as we pulled into the tranquil light of their unhurriedness.
While most people might admit to being impatient in some areas of their life, not many know how to free themselves from their quickening anxieties. Many, if not most, would probably say that they would rather not be so impatient, that they want to be more patient, but the only problem is they want it now!
So how so we create patience?
Being patient is a creative process. The first step in this process is to admit and acknowledge that our impatient trait is entirely our own creation. Since we have created and sustained the impatient ‘habit’, so can we create and sustain a habit of patience too.
And like all our other creations, this process also begins on the screen of our mind, where we conceive, believe and achieve patience ‘in rehearsal’, before we step onto the stage of daily life. The moment we accept everyone and everything without any resistance, we are able to embrace life in its totality, as it is.
Our peace and our acceptance are like two primary colours which, when mixed together, create contentment. We cannot be patient unless we are content with our self and with the world, in the present. This also requires the practice of constantly being in the present. Only then will all attempts to escape into the future or hide in the past come to an end, bringing a new dawn in our life.
Editor’s note: Rajyogi Brahmakumar Nikunj ji is a writer at www.brahmakumaris.com and can be reached at nikunjji@brahmakumaris.in.
