Patience leads people to believe waiting WITHOUT AGITATION is an admirable quality. Patience is also Biblical ( Galatians 5:22-23 ). As my family will attest when God passed out patience, I must have been standing under a tree.
Having been blessed with good health for eighty-plus years, it has been very difficult in the last several months to deal with some major health issues. Enduring numerous medical procedures and enough medicines to stock the local CVS getting back to a ” normal ” lifestyle is a daily process. Of course as my family would comment, ” Doc, he never was normal, so do the best you can”. Realizing these new chapters of getting well were not in the scheme of things, my patience has been running very thin. I commented to my cardiologist recently ” In my small home town, baking soda and vinegar would unclog anything”.
After a blood clot procedure and two heart catheterizations I had somewhat of an epiphany regarding patience. When one of the best cardiologist in the South looks you in the eyes and says,” Your steps to better health are not sprints, they are marathons, so put on your patience pants and let’s get you better”. Kindy puts everything in perspective.
I am working on other fascists of my patience. However I still get a little peeved when the driver in front of me is texting while the stoplight is green. Forever gratful to all.
Be safe.
Joe's Bakers Dozen 
I’ve never heard of anyone dying because they run out of patience! Hurry to the well and get a bucket full because all of my fortunate old friends who have climbed over that 80-something wall are urgently seeking patience to deal with varying challenges! Best wishes – Dot
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