Patience

I was reviewing the events of the day and suddenly this verse of the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua came into my head :-

"Patience is a priceless gem."

It is a 4-verse saying, but i can't remember the following 3 verses..please do pardon me haha..but anyway, the focus was on Patience. =)

Indeed it is a priceless gem. But how many of us know how to use it? Being accused for the wrong reasons. Hearing someone speak bad of you. Helping others with all your heart and yet those whom you've help out start picking on you. The list goes on and on..until one day, ka-boom! You can't take it any longer and finally exploded.

Its easy for our own feelings to take control of us, and very often they do when we do not realise it. However, before the oncoming of an 'eruption', we should try to keep ourselves in check, think again the consequences, and decide on the appropriate action.

Patience is knowing that when you're being accused, you can still stand through it all despite all the commotion, knowing in your heart that you did nothing wrong. Patience is realising that when people speak bad of us, they're only helping us to look at our own mistakes and shortcomings, thus making us better persons. Patience is also a teacher to us - to endure what others cannot endure, to take what others cannot take.

Indeed Patience is a great treasure! It can take us where we've never been to before! ;)