Patience

Those who do not respect your time will not respect your wisdom either.

Patience is the weapon that forces deception to reveal itself.

Why is it that I get annoyed in certain situations that I should simply disregard?  It is because of expectations.  Because of this, I sweat the small stuff.  As a director, I can't be a "small-stuff" person.  I try to be a "big stuff" person, but I still struggle with this. 

Tardiness is probably the biggest thing that I get annoyed with.  I know that I should overlook it and having lived in Los Angeles for five years, I should have had enough training in dealing with people who are tardy.  But, time and time again, I see someone who is tardy when dealing with me as someone who is insulting me.  "Your time is more valuable than mine?"  "I have to wait for you?"  I'm fine with valid reasons for delay and get irked with myself with I'm late.  I recently moved and early on, miscalculated the commute to work and for a while, I was a few minutes late for about a week.  UNACCEPTABLE!!  People who are late because they seem to think that there is not an issue with this eliminates them from my activities.  Unfortunately, this goes against the grain for the Middle Eastern culture which happens to be the biggest customer base at my Center.
Patience is a good thing.  Patient people are often kind and accepting of the faults of others.  If I've decided to be in a profession where I can help people, then I need to learn how to be patient.  As the old saying goes, "Patience is its own reward."

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