Category: patience

The value of being prepared

April 6, 2010 | 9 comments

I was meandering my way through a security line of 150 or so people at the Milwaukee airport last Saturday afternoon. At the front of the line, a young woman with two little ones in tow started up a one-way

Learning patience by watching mothers

November 2, 2009 | 5 comments

Sent in by a reader… A man observed a woman in the grocery store with a three-year-old girl in her basket. As they passed the cookie section, the child asked for cookies and her mother told her “No.” The little girl

Being a contribution

September 17, 2009 | 3 comments

Have you ever felt impatient? Have you ever been in a big hurry to get somewhere or complete a project and failed to enjoy the experience it took to get there? If so, and you’d like to live less harried,

Obey the law or pay a price

June 3, 2008 | 4 comments

The above sign is frequently posted throughout the streets of New York City. You wouldn’t know a regulation exists by the amount of horn-honking you hear from drivers trying to squeeze through every little opening they can in traffic. But