7/27/2019 Patience, Perseverence, Progress
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Every once in a while we stop and reflect upon our lives, where
we are, where weare going, what we have achieved and of course why
bother? We humans are a veryinteresting species in comparison with
other beings both small and large. We often consider the rest
useless, beneath us but rarely do we wonder about the simplicity of
unorganized, uncategorized lifestyles. Although nature has a strict
conduct regarding each and every element it is composed of, we fail
to see the perfection.
We have raised ourselves in believing that life is difficult,
only the strong survive and that if you dont fight for what you
have then life is meaningless. While some of these notions are
true, Ive come to the conclusion, so far, that life isnt about the
struggle. Its not about how much you have, how far youve gone or
howhigh youve reached. I, similar to other people, consider that a
persons life can become fulfilled once the realization that its
what youve learned matters comes tolight.
An old saying goes Patience is a virtue meaning that one must
reach a certain level of goodness or righteousness in order to have
a moral excellence such as patience. The ability to be patient is
not a given one, it is learned, taught as a result of a direct
event or situation or indirectly. Patience, in my opinion, is the
glue that makes everything come to life and helps us understand how
the worldworks and our part in it.
Perseverence is regarded as a state of mind that is
characterized by persistance
, the ability to continue an action in spite of the encountered
difficulties. Weve all had our share of perseverence, whether it
was used just to get that phoneyou really wanted or maybe to
achieve a state of conciousness equal to a enlightened master. Or
perhaps you wanted to help someone and were constantly discouraged
by the person you were trying to help in the first place. Whichever
the case,perseverence helps us achieve whatever we desire.
Progress signifies the development or growth of a person, object
or environmentwhether by internal force or as a result of an
external effect. Progress is similar to evolution, the main
difference being that progress is present only when apositive
development has happened where as evolution is non-biased related
to the quality of the result. As a species we have progressed in
various domains such as architecture, lifestyle,entertainment, arts
and music but in some aspects o
f life weve only evolved or stagnated. Aspects such as
education,economy,behaviorand relationships.
I wont claim I have all the answers but I can guarantee that the
mixture of perseverence, progress and patience is the fundamental
principle that can help us achieve our goals, no matter how high or
ridiculous they might seem. Ive learned sofar that progress can
never happen without a patient perseverence such as lovecannot
exist without trust.
Another saying went something like Never make someone your
everything, because when they leave youll have nothing. Ive made
that decision and I can honestly say itis the best decision I have
ever made. Doing so does not mean that one must giveup everything
that makes him exist to someone else, I consider that you offer
t
hem everything and at the same time are willing to make any and
all sacrifices in order to achieve the common goal which is
happiness.
