Patience Is A Virtue

Retribution
Though the mills of God grind slowly,
Yet they grind exceeding small;
Though with patience he stands waiting,
With exactness grinds he all.
—  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Compassionate Toward Yourself

Simplicity, patience, compassion.
These three are your greatest treasures.
Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being.
Patient with both friends and enemies,
you accord with the way things are.
Compassionate toward yourself,
you reconcile all beings in the world.
―  Lao Tzu
[I find the struggle to be “compassionate toward yourself” to be a lifetime objective.   I guess that’s just the cowboy in me.  —  KMAB]
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2011	A Modest Review Of A Modern Day Classic
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Three Words

All human wisdom is summed up in two words —  wait and hope.
—  Alexandre Dumas
from: “The Count Of Monte Cristo“
[Actually, that’s three words…  —  KMAB]
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