The Art of Patience!

Today I am just waiting... on what... I don't know. But I know that whatever I am waiting on is not here yet, therefore, I am telling myself that I must be patient. I should be asleep but I can't sleep. I am too tired to work, so my only alternative is just to sit and try to pass the time. While I wait on whatever it is I am waiting for I decided to look up what being patient is and the definitions below populated from webster.com.

Patient

1 : bearing pains or trials calmly or without complaint
2 : manifesting forbearance under provocation or strain
3 : not hasty or impetuous
4 : steadfast despite opposition, difficulty, or adversity

These definitions are nothing of what I thought being patient was about. I thought that it meant that you just wait. However, these definitions truly portray that being patient is to be calm or pleasant in a difficult situation. I know that in my past I have failed to be patient many times, but I want to be patient now. Regardless of the situation or trial I am in I want to be calm and pleasant. I am reminded of the classic movie, "Harvey" in which Elwood P. Dowd (James Stewart) said, "In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant." Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. And you may quote me." I agree...I have been oh so smart and accomplished alot but I was not pleasant. I want to be pleasant as much as I can be. If I no longer become this... Please put me back in check and remind me... You want to be pleasant and calm in life, regardless of your circumstance.

I'm out! Peace........ V