Patience

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Patience is a choice we make, moment by moment, where we place our mind and heart. It’s deliberately turning toward a gentler, softer place within ourselves, a refuge we can return to when we feel ourselves being pulled by urgency, frustration and threats to our ego. The feeling of saying I don’t need to force this, I don’t need to win this moment, I can let it unfold. Patience frees us from the urge to be right, to be first, to be in control, instead we welcome spaciousness. This space is room for clarity, wisdom and kindness to surface that nothing is permanent and choosing this path is an act of self-trust. May we find that softer place today to welcome patience.

Patience: A Choice We Make, Mike Sansone

In moments tense, when tempers flare,
A crossroads forms, suspended air.
The heart may rush, the tongue may race,
But patience waits — a gentler place — 
A choice we’re free, each time, to take.

Impatience cries out, sharp and loud,
It builds a storm, it draws a crowd. It slams the door, it breaks the thread,
It ignores soft words unsaid — instead,
It sows regret we can’t unmake.

Yet patience, tender, steps between,
It cools the fire, it mends unseen.
It breathes and listens, it holds loving tight,
It trades the urge to win the fight
For love that stronger ties can weave.

Patience isn’t something sold,
Not running dry, nor growing old.
It’s not a gift some merely gain — 
It’s forged through choices, decisions through strain,
Through quiet strength we daily claim.

So when the pressure pulls you thin,
Remember — peace is born within.
You choose the bridge, you choose the break,
You choose the love you’ll give — or take — 
Patience, or pride: the power’s yours.

Guide: Noelle Lim

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