PATIENCE IS BRAVERY

Patience is a form of bravery, and impatience is a sign of cowardice. Those unwilling to be patient will ultimately have to live as cowards. Furthermore, hypocrisy is often considered another form of cowardice, which is the worst moral flaw of all.

In the present world, under the natural system, it often happens that one person has a complaint against another. One person may cause mental or physical harm to someone else. This is an unavoidable situation. This issue arose at the very beginning of human life in the conflict between Abel and Cain. It has continued throughout history, even during the times of prophets, and it will persist until the Day of Judgment and the end of the world itself.

In such a situation, no one has the power to live exactly as they want, free of complaints or disagreements with others. This kind of choice is impossible for anyone in the present world, whether they are righteous or unrighteous.

In the present world, the real choice lies between two ways of living. Either you keep getting into conflicts with everyone you meet, or you set aside complaints and disagreements and focus on building your life. If the first approach is like getting caught in the thorns of a flowering tree, the second is like overlooking the thorns and taking the flower.

However, the first approach is not sustainable for anyone because it equates to self-destruction and destroying one’s family. No one is so foolish as to permanently risk themselves and their loved ones. Practically, those who choose the path of impatience temporarily argue with others, and eventually, upon seeing its disastrous outcomes, they fall silent. But this silence often hides hypocrisy.

In the present world, you should practice patience. If you don’t make patience a principle, you’ll end up practicing it out of self-interest, which is called a double standard.