Patience Produce Great Things

They say, “Easy comes easy goes, and so are instant results; for instant results, are rarely the best results.” If your desires were always fulfilled immediately, you would have nothing to look forward to; and would miss out on the joys of anticipation and progress. And you may also not be able to greatly expand your potentials. That is why great things require patience to achieve. Patience is not just about waiting, but about the ability to keep a good attitude while working hard for what you believe in.  It’s the willingness to stay focused, confidently taking one small step at a time, and knowing that the way you move a mountain is by moving one stone at a time.  Every stone you move, no matter how small, is progress. The bottom line is, you deserve more than mere instant gratification; because any value that arrives in an instant is often gone in an instant. But any value that takes time and commitment to create often outlives you, the creator.

Sometimes when we’re struggling to achieve something important, we make the mistake of looking to other people to validate our progress. But the truth is, they can’t and you shouldn’t, because you are not in this world to live up to the expectations of others, nor should you feel that others are here to live up to yours. You are a unique individual, so pave your own unique path.  What success means to each of us is totally different and relative.  Success is ultimately all about spending your time and life happily in your own way. You don’t have to be flashy to be impressive, famous to be significant, a celebrity to be successful and certainly don’t need to be validated by anyone else.  You are already valuable.  You just need to believe in yourself and what you wish to achieve. You can be quietly humble and still be amazingly effective. Just because people don’t fall at your feet and worship you, doesn’t mean you are a failure. Quiet success is just as sweet, as loud, as flamboyant, and usually far more real.  Success is how you define it, not what everyone else says it must be for you; and that is the reward of patience.