Patience Is [Most Definitely] a Virtue

Well, congratulations! We've made it through Wednesday! This point in the week is usually the time that I let out a big sign and send out my thanks that tomorrow is Thursday, my last long day of classes. If I can make it through tomorrow, I've made it to the weekend and I'm good to go. I'm so excited because after tomorrow I only have 2 more of those!

I'm not going to lie. Today was a pretty tough day. You know those days when you are just feeling overwhelmed and run down? Well for me that was today. For some reason it just all fell on top of me. School work, social stuff, spring fever, you name it! Thankfully, though, I received some wonderful encouragement that really helped me pull things together by the end. Right as I was about to go into ultra meltdown mode my mom messaged me on Skype, which started a short video convo. I'm so glad, too. She told me that everything would be alright if I took it in stride and suggested I just make a list of everything I need to get done. (She wrote about how to fix being overwhelmed today.) It really helped! She also told me that I just need to be patient and I will make it through the next few weeks.

Also, the chapter for this week's section of The Fitting Room was "Patience." I guess I really needed this lesson today or something... This passage from the book didn't talk about my "waiting for summer" kind of patience, though. It talked about the kind of patience where there is kindness, humility, and forgiveness involved. Like when someone does [or doesn't] do something and you just have to be patient with them. The example the author uses repeatedly in the book is 1 Timothy 15-16 where Paul writes about how since God had patience for him, who is the self-titled worst sinner ever, so in turn he will have patience for us and we should have patience for others, even if they do things we do not like.

What I learned today is that The Book of Virtues was right. Patience is a virtue we should strive for. Hearing so much about it today really gave me peace. Now the list is written (with some things checked off!!), I'm finding some calm in trying to have patience towards other, and like the little engine says... I think I can! I think I can! ... make it a few more weeks.