PATIENCE

Written By Duane Nelson


2 IDEAS FROM ME

  • Patience is a core character value of disciplined trust in your ability to respond from your highest values. Patience creates the space to pause and make wise decisions with emotional intelligence. Cultivating a patient mindset creates long-term success over short-term wins by aligning with reality and what matters most, creating more energy to shape what can be shaped, and building self-respect and integrity.

  • Deep understanding takes time. Patience allows insights to mature, skills to compound, and lessons to deeply integrate. Patience reduces conflict, increases empathy, and creates space for genuine connections.

2 QUOTES FROM SAGES

  • “With love and patience, nothing is impossible.”—Daisaku Ikeda

  • “One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life.”—Chinese Proverb

1 QUESTION FOR YOU TO EXPLORE

  • Which of the following proven, practical ways to cultivate patience are you experimenting with?

    • Take 3 slow breaths when patience is challenged

    • Define success by effort and alignment, not immediate outcomes.

    • Finish one task before switching

    • Eat mindfully without distractions

    • Reframe waiting as training

    • Reduce overstimulation by limiting notifications, multitasking, and rapid content consumption

    • Practice compassion (including yourself).

    • Adopt a long-term time horizon (Will this matter in a year, 5 years?)

    • Anchor patience to values (love, integrity, growth, service)

    • Expose yourself to slow mastery (mindfulness, learning a new language/instrument/art form, writing)

    • Reflect daily in your journal on the hard truth of patience. “Patience grows through friction, not comfort. If life is testing your patience, it’s not a failure, it’s a training ground.”

Namaste,

Duane Nelson

Duane Nelson

Ultrajourney Insight is an Anacortes Washington-based non-profit organization providing mindfulness & well-being services designed to ignite the adventure of a lifetime. The founder, Duane Nelson, is a writer, speaker, and teacher with four decades of parenting, wilderness, & international technology leadership. His professional insights come from chemical engineering and automation leadership at Philips, Intel, and Amazon. His adventure insights flow from ultramarathons, mountaineering, canyoneering, and adventure racing in Nepal, Alaska, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Hawaii, Mexico, British Columbia and Alberta.

https://ultrajourneyinsight.org
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