Patience doesn’t mean sitting around and waiting.
Patience simply means allowing the results to work themselves out in the manner that they will.
I’ve always believed (and to a large extent, still believe) that my thoughts and my actions have a physical effect on the world around me. Your thoughts can be measured and your actions can be felt.
Of course I can “force” my will upon the world. If I want something to happen, I can make it happen.
Right?
It’s not the if that causes us pain, it’s the when. The reality is that when may be never. Or when it may be a long time from now, much further away in time that you would prefer.
Instead of telling myself to be patient, I prefer to tell myself to be hasty with my actions and patient with the results.