On patience

Waiting is an art requiring patience.
When we talk of patience, however, an important distinction needs to be made.


It's easy to be patient when you know what awaits you. "I'm working hard but I know I'll get the reward for what I'm doing". This is the patience rooted in the expectation for a better future. That's the perspective of the collective logic circuit.

On the other hand, we find the patience rooted in someone's previous experiences. "I have no experience with this, but I can learn from the ones who were able to succeed in the past". That's the perspective of the collective abstract circuit.

But what about being patient when you don't know what awaits you around the corner? That's the patience rooted in uncertainty. "I don't have a job right now and I wonder whether something will come to me in the next months". There's no guarantee that it will happen. No clue on how things will unfold in the next future. No reference from the past either. That's the perspective of the individual knowing circuit.

The patience rooted in uncertainty requires a lot of trust. The trust in the unknown, despite of uncomfortableness. Because, even when things seem chaotic to you, because of your inability to understand and make sense of them, life will eventually bring its own order.