Does it take patience to be a man today?
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Is patience dead?
Our wide world web with tweets and texts,
Have we forgotten how to be patient?
I need to know it.
Because I lost it.
Patience that is, and I can’t remember where it went.
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Does it take patience to be a man?
Tough happens.
Tough is not just for trucks,
Or meat.
Patience is being a Soul Ninja, Fighting the urge to quit, Telling the world who you are, Staring down the spiny toothed madman in your head.
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Tough happens at work,
In marriage,
When your are at your worst,
It’s tearing.
It gets in your mind,
And sears your soul,
Making you unkind
And breaks your Whole.
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Does it take patience to be a man?
Is patience apathy?
No, patience cares.
Patience is sticky passion.
Is patience avoidance?
No, patience takes on the world
With Quiet Strength.
Patience takes on the world with Quiet Strength. You don’t have to yell to be powerful.
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You don’t have to yell to be powerful.
Is patience passive?
No, patience is being a Soul Ninja,
Fighting the urge to quit,
Telling the world who you are,
Staring down the spiny toothed madman
In your head.
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Does it take patience to be a man?
Patience knows.
Patience is a prayer.
Patience is doing what you know,
Doing what you can,
Doing when it is easier to
Do Nothing.
Patience is flow,
Your spirit connects
With the world,
A cloud of witnesses
With you stand.
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Does it take patience to be a man today?
Of course it does.
Patience is only dead
When you stop breathing.
Patience is not just in your head, it is how you see things. Patience means you don’t have to use your fists or your beer.
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Patience is not just in your head
It is how you see things.
Patience means you don’t have to
Use your fists
Or your beer.
You have grace
To face your fear.
Being a man is patience.
And patience needs you.
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I hope you will Keep it Real.
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Women and bosses need to develop patience as well. I have seen too many of them go flying off the handle when someone makes an honest minor mistake or they yell at people in order to show how bad they are or tried to put fear into people who stand up to them..
G, We all need a little more patience. Thanks for your comment.
Let’s be friends with Patience!
Friends with Patience is good. Thanks for the befriending!