“Waiting can be hard. Children
know it, and so do adults. We live in a world offering fast food, instant
messaging, on-demand movies, and immediate answers to the most trivial or
profound questions. We don’t like to wait. Some even feel their blood pressure
rise when their line at the grocery store moves slower than those around them.
Patience—the ability to put
our desires on hold for a time—is a precious and rare virtue....Without patience, we cannot please God; we cannot become perfect...
Patience is not passive
resignation, nor is it failing to act because of our fears. Patience means
active waiting and enduring. It means staying with something and doing all that
we can—working, hoping, and exercising faith; bearing hardship with fortitude,
even when the desires of our hearts are delayed. Patience is not simply
enduring; it is enduring well!
Impatience,
on the other hand, is a symptom of selfishness. It is a trait of the
self-absorbed. It arises from the all-too-prevalent condition called 'center of
the universe' syndrome, which leads people to believe that the world revolves
around them and that all others are just supporting cast in the grand theater
of mortality in which only they have the starring role.”
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, "Continue In Patience", April 2010 General Conference Priesthood Session
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