Patience - A figleaf???

People say patience is a virtue you should always possess. But for some this becomes an excuse to not do things and then say they are being patient. The best examples I can give on people having this viewpoint are the so called experienced people in the field. The government bureaucrats will tell youth to take the responsibility and then be patient till the results are out. Colleagues in an organization comes up and says "Be patient yaar", kya itni marwa raha hain kuch nahi milne wala hain....Well bullshit...If they had actually done something they wouldnt be where they actually are. Yes I do believe some of them are right because they have been through this chain previously but majority are just bol bachchans.


Patience is important after you have done the requisite amount of work. Look at farmers - well for me they epitomize patience. They have done whats needed for their land and then wait for the harvest time. Their patience is time bound. This is where I think people should understand that being in cocoon for too much longer isnt going to yield the best quality of silk. By being at the same place for too long isnt going to be beneficial unless you are moving in the right direction at the right pace and its you who decides that pace. The best example from yester years who missed the bus of coming out of their shell is the American automobile industry who were woken up from their slumberness by the vigilant Japanese. This I think is very important today when there are plenty of opportunities and you are the one in control.

The only hurdle to this is to know when is the time to wait and when is it to show controlled aggression...well as with all good things, this too can be mastered with experience and by being in different circumstances...But we should always remember that -


First do whats necessary, then whats possible and suddenly we are doing the impossible...


and ofcourse Patience when stretched too far will lead to cowardice (influenced by French prof)..

Here is one bol bachchan saying good bye ;)