"Patience Is A Virtue"- But Is There A Limit To Yours??

Gosh in the past I use to loose my temper and my cool if I had to wait just about on anything. I then started to work far from home and no matter how much I wanted to speed there was no way I would make it there before an hour in a half so I think with time I realized I had no choice but to take it and learned how to patiently await, because it was getting to be a bit stressful especially as traffic increased my time. I believe that afforded me to now be as patient as I am and not allow much to irritate me. I find I am quick to remove myself from any stress but either patiently awaiting and or go back another day.

Yes, patience is really a virtue. It would be so wonderful if everybody has it, so nobody will get annoyed and be annoyed over a lot of things. I always pray for patience from God. But much as i would like to be patient always, i really can't avoid to be impatient sometimes. I get impatient to my husband for asking me the same question for how many times. Sometimes i would bark at him for being that, but often times i would joke him that he is indeed getting older because he's so forgetful! I also get impatient with my mother-in-law telling the same story over and over. Whenever she is to start a story that i have already heard i would politely tell, "yes i know that, because you have told that story already" . But she would go on, and i feel like screaming !

When it comes to love and your loved one, I can definitely say I am very much patient on those matter. Also, when it comes to my child I definitely have no limit to my patience for him. I think we should all have no limit to it just as how God is with us. We should always exercise patience in everything that we do because He is patient with us at all times. I am definitely no expert on it but every single day I practice to be more patient because it reaps the best among all, good things happen to those who are patient.

Patience is a virtue but there is definitely a limit. For me, i'm not the person who can constantly deal with non-sense. Nagging, complaining, especially on the job is the most annoying thing for me. Some people come or go to work with such an attitude. Already ready to go, not happy so they are trying to ruin your day. Things like that I don't have patience for, so i decided that I will no associated myself with people like this. Distance is definitely needed. For one, why complain about a job? People will be happy to have a job in this economy, and they will be quick to take it from you! (speaking in general)

Hello jujunme! I admit I have a very short patience. I get mad, annoyed or irritated easily BUT not in all situations. Sometimes, when I can't increase anymore my patience, I keep murmuring to myself in a relaxed way: "Patience is a virtue."

I have it, and there is surly a limit.

My patience is tested most in situations that I consider to waste my time, especially if I am trapped in the situation to the extent to where I cannot find something else to occupy myself with in the meantime. Traffic jams are probably the biggest example. My mother tells me I was the same way as an infant whenever my stroller stopped - I would go into total panic mode. Similarly, if I am stuck in the middle of a busy street and cars are stacked up on all sides of me, I feel so trapped and tortured that I actually *fantasize* being waterboarded or being in a prison cell... anything is preferable to being caught in the midst of a traffic jam. Luckily the longest traffic jam I've ever been in didn't last longer than twenty minutes. Still, that twenty minutes of your life where you could have been productive had you not been in traffic. Thunderstorms are another. I am a dancer, so I exercise a great deal, and I can only stand hanging around the house all sweaty for so long. I usually have a set time for a shower everyday, and a thunderstorm will interrupt that. The worst part is, I don't know when it's going to be over or if it's part of one of those clusters which means more thunder will pass through after phase one. It doesn't help that I have an awful phobia of severe weather and when the power goes off (which is seldom, thank goodness!) I just cannot stand it. I used to have a problem with waiting in line, but now as long as the line is moving in an orderly fashion and no one is cutting in front of me just because they see a friend of theirs in front of me (that happened in high school a lot) I am okay with it. If I want something bad enough, waiting in line for it is not so bad. I think being a performer has gotten me a bit used to it as the profession does require a lot of waiting. I believe that patience is a virtue and do get along much better with people who do have patience than those who don't. It does make live easier not to mention make your relations with others easier. As for me, I am not the world's most patient person, however, I would say I am a lot more patient than I used to be.

We need to think about living like our grandparents. When Grandpa hitched the horse to the buggy to drive 5 miles to town for groceries it took all day to get those groceries. Life was much slower then, and people were just as happy, or even more so than they are today.

I am usually a very patient person. i believe even the most patient of people can be driven beyond extremes. We all have a boiling point to reach before we explode. it takes a lot for me to reach that but we all have the ability to come to that limit.

That depends on the mood of the moment. If I am not in the mood, I might lose my patience, or I would shout at somebody. If I am in good mood, I won't mind to wait in line.

I'm a very impatient person. I'm a spoiled brat and I always want to have my way and to get whatever I want. That's why I'm very impatient. But hone it comes to the person that I love, I am very patient. Ordinarily I hate waiting and it drives me nuts. Any form of waiting at all makes me sick. I always want to do things on a hurry pr finish it immediately. I even tell my son how important time is, it's like a precious gold that once you've lost it you can never bring it back. But sometimes I realize that patience is really a virtue.

I am a calm person that is slow to anger. However, I could go crazy if someone delibrate do something that push me to the limit. If for example, a person is owing me some amount of money ask for an extention to enable me raise the money I will approve of it. However, if that person turn to be having a lot of money and I noticed that he played on my intelligience. Then of course, I will not forgive but to apply appropriate sanction to get back my money.

As a teacher, I must be patient at all times any where because I strongly do believe that patience has its reward. I also believe that good things come to those who wait... =)

Well of course patience is a worthly virtue to have, but yes, there is a limit to it. The point that your limit breaks is usually reached by the many things that irritate or annoy you.