Patience

I probably do more than my share of swearing when I run into problems at work, particularly when I’m tired.

One day a week or so ago, the thought appeared “treat your frustrations with warmth.” Kindness. Like a welcome guest.

I’ve been trying that and it seems to help. And it occurred to me today that if I can master this process, THAT is patience, the opposite of which is that form of anger we call frustration.

And it also occurred to me a positive framing for hard work is saying to myself “my work capacity is infinite, but I am going to sleep tonight anyway.” We’ll see how it goes, but I thought I would mention it.