My best quality: I'm patient. My worst quality: I'm patient. No, I didn't say I WAS a patient, or need to be a patient, although both may be true.
It's good because patience seems to help me listen. I never get accused of listening to respond. As a teacher, I have no trouble trying to find a dozen different ways to explain things. Patience seems to be tied with empathy - I have learned to be patient with my own faults and foibles, so I have to be patient with the faults of others. (Obvious poes and trolls are usually exempt from this trait. I give 'em a little rope, and when they are idiots, we get to have fun playing whack-a-mole.)
It's bad because I get in trouble a lot for being too patient. I give people too much rope, I give them the benefit of the doubt beyond the point when I should have said "stop!", and then we pay the price. That too patient bit ties in with insecurity, general shyness, and a touch of laziness. All of these things I have to battle.
It's good because patience seems to help me listen. I never get accused of listening to respond. As a teacher, I have no trouble trying to find a dozen different ways to explain things. Patience seems to be tied with empathy - I have learned to be patient with my own faults and foibles, so I have to be patient with the faults of others. (Obvious poes and trolls are usually exempt from this trait. I give 'em a little rope, and when they are idiots, we get to have fun playing whack-a-mole.)
It's bad because I get in trouble a lot for being too patient. I give people too much rope, I give them the benefit of the doubt beyond the point when I should have said "stop!", and then we pay the price. That too patient bit ties in with insecurity, general shyness, and a touch of laziness. All of these things I have to battle.
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein
