Patience

Patience is learning how to wait

when you really don't want to.

It's discovering things you like to do

while you're waiting,

and becoming so happy with

what you're doing that you

forget you're waiting.

Patience is taking time every day

to dream your dreams

and develop the confidence in yourself

to change your dreams into reality.

Patience is being good to yourself

and having the faith to hold on to your dreams,

even when they disappoint you

and you don't understand them

It's knowing how to let go

and accept others as they are

and forgive the for things they have done.

Patience is loving yourself

and giving yourself time to grow:

it's doing things that keep you healthy and happy,

and knowing that you deserve

the best in life

and are willing to work for it,

no mater how long it takes.

Patience is being willing to face

whatever challenges life gives you,

realizing that life has also given you

the strength and courage to endure

and deal with each challenge.

Patience is the ability to

continue to love and laugh

no matter what your circumstances may be,

because you recognize that in time

those circumstances will change,

and that love and laughter

are what gives life a deeper meaning,

and you the determination

to continue to have patience.

-Donna Levine-