Our task is not to search for love, but merely to seek and find all the
barriers within ourselves that we have built against it. -- Rumi
Patience is part of the description of love. Patience comes from our heart. It
is a quality of kindness and love.
Let us have patience with all things, but chiefly with ourselves. Let us not
lose courage by considering our imperfections, but let us instantly set about
remedying them, everyday beginning anew.
If we can cultivate the right attitude, our enemies are our best spiritual
teachers, because their presence provides us with the opportunity to enhance
and develop tolerance, patience, and understanding.
When we remove the barriers from our heart, we realize that patience and love
have been there all along. We are rooted in our goodness, in our love for
others, in our ability to forgive. We have the ability to transform whatever
happens in our lives.