Patience....

Patience is a gift, patience is logic, patience is harmony....
yet I have none.
I have no patience for slow drivers.
I have no patience for lound noises.
I have no patience for rudeness.
I have no patience for this.

How did this happen, how did I end up without patience? I have parents who are much more patient than I am, and were more patient when they were my age, and when we were my children's ages.

I have no patience to wait.
I have no patience to listen.
I have no patience to empathize.

This sounds worse than it is (I hope). I have patience while you cry after being hurt. I have patience while you struggle to understand. I have patience to rock a sick baby for hours.

I do not have patience for repeating myself.
I do not have patience for the same errors again and again.

I try to learn.
I try to grow.
I try to stay calm.

God grant me serenity.
God grant me patience.