A Quote About Patience

PhilaLady1 — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 20:15:38 GMT

Slow day at work, and I came across this. I liked it so much so I thought I would share.

Thou knowest better than myself that I am growing older and will soon be old. Keep me from becoming too talkative, and especially from the unfortunate habit of thinking that I must say something on every subject and at every opportunity.

Release me from the idea that I must straighten out other peoples' affairs. With my immense treasure of experience and wisdom, it seems a pity not to let everybody partake of it. But thou knowest that in the end I will need a few friends.

Keep me from the recital of endless details; give me wings to get to the point.

Grant me the patience to listen to the complaints of others; help me to endure them with charity. But seal my lips on my own aches and pains -- they increase with the increasing years and my inclination to recount them is also increasing.

I will not ask thee for improved memory, only for a little more humility and less self-assurance when my own memory doesn't agree with that of others. Teach me the glorious lesson that occasionally I may be wrong.

Keep me reasonably gentle. I do not have the ambition to become a saint -- it is so hard to live with some of them -- but a harsh old person is one of the devil's masterpieces.

Make me sympathetic without being sentimental, helpful but not bossy. Let me discover merits where I had not expected them, and talents in people whom I had not thought to possess any. And, give me the grace to tell them so.

― Margot Benary-Isbert

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chloe66 — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 20:28:01 GMT

Thanks for sharing this, I really needed to read this today!

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QVCkitty1 — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 20:36:51 GMT

Worthy goals, ❤️

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Kachina624 — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 20:53:55 GMT

Amen!

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Pruett — Mon, 18 Feb 2019 02:04:46 GMT

@chloe66 wrote:
Thanks for sharing this, I really needed to read this today!

@chloe66

I did too!

Beautiful @PhilaLady1 !

I'm going to copy and keep this.💖

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barb40 — Mon, 18 Feb 2019 03:17:51 GMT

Thanks for posting this! Something to keep in mind!

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