Patience is not learned when everything is going well, but rather when things do not go our way. Patience is learned when our expectations collide with the reality of the situation. Patience implies willingness to be alive rather than trying to seek harmony and smooth everything out.
Life requires leisure, the chance to sit and contemplate, and an opportunity to respond to inner urgings. Find a place that is slow-paced, where people are sensitive to nature. The time you spend there will give you a glimpse of life where there is restfulness and a natural sense of what is right.
There is nothing in the world that is softer or weaker than water, yet there is nothing better for subduing all that is harder or stronger. Observe how weak overcomes the strong, how gentleness overcomes rigidity. Yet this principal is seldom put into practice.
The words and deeds of the past can be used to strengthen and elevate your character. When you study the past do not confine yourself to knowledge of history but apply that knowledge now to give actuality to the past and begin with these ancient teachings.
Quote: When we work with the universe, and not against it, doors open.