"Patience is a hard disciplince. It is not just waiting until
something happens over which we have no control: the
arrival of a bus, the end of the rain, the return of a friend,
the resolution of a conflict. Patience is not waiting passively
until someone else does something.

Patience asks us to live the moment to the fullest, to be
completely present to the moment, taste the here and now,
to be where we are. When we are impatient, we try to get
away from where we are. We behave as if the real thing
will happen tomorrow, later, and somewhere else. Let's be
patient and trust that the treasure we look for is hidden in
the ground on which we stand."

--Henri J. M. Nouwen