Patience, dear…. patience. I am sure you have at one time in your life been on the receiving end of the practical joker who comes to pick you up. There you are approaching the vehicle when all of a sudden, as you go to grab the door’s handle, the car suddenly jerks away and leaves [...]
Unfortunately I am not always virtuous. I remember when I was first sober and my sponsor told me that I needed to pray for patience. Knowing that this man had experience and knowledge that I desperately needed I did not think twice about the suggestion and found myself on my knees nightly praying for patience [...]
Who has the time for virtue? I kid. Actually patience is a practical practice in diversion and the perpetual classroom for living in the moment. For most, nay… many… patience is not something to be struggled with, but instead the default programming. For others it is a toil in existence and often a losing battle. [...]
I may have to come back in here and read this a few times. I remember years ago when I was newly sober I had a sponsor who insisted that I should pray for patience. Being the good and willing student that I am I would get on my knees nightly (a futile tradition that [...]