as time has passed, i have realized more and more how patience really is a virtue... let's see what's so good about patience... the following is from a book called "A Course In Miracles"... regarding the characteristics of a teacher of God... patience is one of them...
"Those who are certain of the outcome can afford to wait, and wait without anxiety. Patience is natural to the teacher of God. All he sees is certain outcome, at a time perhaps unknown to him as yet, but not in doubt. The time will be as right as the answer. And this is true for everything that happens now or in the future. The past as well held no mistakes; nothing that did not serve to benefit the world, as well as him to whom it seemed to happen. Perhaps it was not understood at the time. Even so, the teacher of God is willing to reconsider all his past decisions, if they are causing pain to anyone. Patience is natural to those who trust. Sure of the ultimate interpretation of all things in time, no outcome already seen or yet to come can cause them fear."
it makes perfect sense... i've read many quotes about patience, and they all portray patience to be such a wonderful characteristic... quotes like "patience is the greatest of all virtues" -cato the elder (234 B.C.-149 B.C.), and "patiene is the companion of wisdom"-saint augustine (354 A.D.-430 A.D.)...
an excerpt
what is it that drives us? how do we define who we are? is it by our actions?
it must be... partly. because we can only be satisfied by knowing experientially who we are... not just conceptually...
so... are we what we do? or are we that which makes us do what we do?
is that our life force? our will? or is our will who we are?
what is our will? is it to be happy? is that the will of our will? to find happiness?
our will wants to be happy.... and everything we do is for that purpose... either because it will bring us to happiness, or get us one step closer...
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty."
-Albert Einstein
hmmm...
i don't like to think life is random... i'd rather think it's systematic... i like my life to be planned and have some sort of design... if life were totally random, i would have no idea what to expect from tomorrow... and since i know (or hope) that tomorrow i will wake up, run my errands, do what i have to do, and i have somewhat of a plan for the order in which things will happen... then i don't think life can be completely random...
i like believing that everything happens for a reason... that every encounter means something... that i am to learn something from every moment of my life, and that every person that comes into my life has a purpose...
if i could only remember every night to ask myself: what did i learn today? if i could go back, what would i have done differently? am i proud of who i am today?
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