Patience
Patience. A virtue, one we usually
associate with how we act towards other people. But is that all patience
concerns? An artist paints a picture. That requires patience. A painting rushed
misses the heart that goes into it and ends up drab, boring, ugly. A musician
composing a masterpiece. Patience! The melodies and harmonies need to be just
right to give the perfect sound, to convey the emotion of the composer, the
story she wants to tell. A writer, needs patience to find the words to give the
message he needs to present. Five minutes of free writing? That takes a
different kind of patience. Being willing to acknowledge that the words won’t
be exactly as you would have planned. They won’t be “perfect”. Patience with
your own weaknesses, your own faults. Get the words out – that’s all that
matters. And then more patience later so that the words can be refined.
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