Patience

Patience is the exercise of restraint in trying situations. It is a virtue, which enables the individual to proceed towards worthy goals, undeflected by adverse circumstances or repeated provocations. If he allows himself to become upset by opposition, taunts or other kinds of unpleasantness, he will never reach his goals. He will simply become enmeshed in irrelevancies.

The only way to deal with the irksome side of daily living is to exercise patience. Patience will ensure that whenever one has some bitter experience, he will opt for tolerance rather than a reaction to provocation. It will enable one to absorb shocks and continue undeterred on one’s onward journey.

Patience and being a practical solution to the problems faced in the outside world also means positive character building. Failure to exercise patience gives free rein to negative thoughts and feelings, resulting in the development of a negative personality. While one who remains patient is so morally bolstered by his positive thoughts and feelings that he develops a positive personality.