tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081163247094703505.post802221843379545573..comments2023-04-07T06:23:59.516-04:00Comments on Shades of Grey: "I Don't Have The Patience For This!"Shades of Greyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02733139852424935591noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081163247094703505.post-40545540112808879932010-07-25T12:33:50.040-04:002010-07-25T12:33:50.040-04:00Wonderful post. Savalnut is probably one of the be...Wonderful post. Savalnut is probably one of the best middot that one can have.<br />I had a seminary teacher who was once talking about how so many people don't "live in the moment" because they're always rushing into results and the future...<br />she gave the example about how when people are young, they just want to graduate HS. Then they just want Seminary. And then they just want to get into shidduchim. And when they're dating, they just want to get engaged. And then they just want to get married. And then they just want to have kids already!<br />And then they just want their kids to get married. And then they just want grandkids.<br />And before they know it...they didn't really get to "bathe" in any particular era of their lives because they were splashing through all of them.<br /><br />It's a scary thought...Sefardi Galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03041724538794932296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7081163247094703505.post-82036315476183334182010-06-21T19:44:32.079-04:002010-06-21T19:44:32.079-04:00It's very true that today people want things i...It's very true that today people want things instantly and patience is particularly difficult. I once learned that Rav Yisrael Salanter said that patience means to suffer peacefully/calmly (in hebrew לסבול במנוחה)- It sounds like that guy was just making his situaion worse by repeating something negative over and over to himself. Perhaps if he had muttered "I have to find the patience for this" he might have been better off.SternGradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04629199158696400120noreply@blogger.com