20. Patience

Stories 1. The Monk

Visual Aids1. Playing music2. Baseball3. Waiting on a slide4. Books5. Counting6. Teaching

Worksheets1. Are You Patient?2. What is Patience?3. Why be Patient?4. How to be Patient5. What does a Patient Person do?6. I am a Patient Person 7. Bookmark

Teaching Notes1. Definition2. Teaching points3. Words of patience4. Patient people5. Booklist

The MonkThere was a monk who was very impatient. You may wonder, why would a monk be impatient? Don't they become monks so that they don't have to deal with the world? Yes, that's true. So imagine how impatient this monk was...

The more he tried, the more impatient he became, so he decided that he must get away altogether, to learn to be patient. So he built himself a little home deep in the woods, far away from civilization.

Years later, a man was traveling in those woods and met him. The man was amazed to find anyone living so far away from the rest of the world, so he asked the monk why he was there all by himself.

The monk said that he was there to learn to be patient.

The traveler asked how long he had been there, and the monk replied: seven ( 7 ) years.

Stunned, the traveler asked, "If there is no one around to bother you, how will you know when you are patient?"

Annoyed, the monk replied, "Get away from me, I have no time for you."

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Every time that I feel myself getting impatient, I picture the monk and I laugh out loud.

This is yet another example of how to control our so-called "uncontrollable" emotions. By associating a funny story with an undesirable emotion, I give myself an opening - a chance to stop for a moment and look at what I'm doing. And most of the time, I realize that what's getting me all ruffled is so insignificant!

I realize that it must be strange for anyone dealing with me at that point. One minute we could be arguing, and about to tear each other apart, and the next I'm laughing. I suppose I would wonder about such a person's state of mental sanity too. But think about it - what better way to break the tension?

How many people get into arguments that literally break up relationships - over petty stuff! One word leads to another and before they know it, it's ten years later and they have no idea of why they lost touch. If they backtrack, they realize that it all started over something so insignificant that they're too embarrassed to admit or disclose it.

So, even at the risk of looking ridiculous, the next time that you are about to lose your sovereignty over your mind and your body, remember the monk!

While you're laughing, explain why. The next thing you know, you'll both be laughing, and then - you'll both be able to really talk and listen.

20. Patience

Visual Aids1. Playing music2. Baseball3. Waiting on a slide4. Books5. Counting6. Teaching - Anne Sullivan and Helen Keller

20. Patience

Worksheets1. Are You Patient?2. What is Patience?3. Why be Patient?4. How to be Patient5. What does a Patient Person do?6. I am a Patient Person 7. Bookmark

Part 20

Patience

to bear difficulties calmly and without complaint

Are You Patient?

Patience is being able to bear difficulties calmly and without complaint.

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What is Patience?

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Why be Patient?

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How to be Patient

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1) Your mother is very late picking you up and you have been waiting for a long time.

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What does a patient person do?

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1) Your mother is very late picking you up and you have been waiting for a long time.

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2) You decide you want to be a lawyer when you grow up.

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4) You start to get annoyed when your sister forgets to put back something she borrowed.

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5) You wish you were taller.

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6) You have an illness that keeps you from playing your favourite sport.

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I Am A Patient Person

* I wait calmly while others are talking

* I put up my hand in class and wait for the teacher to call my name.

* I never buy on impulse

* When I can’t have something I really want I calmly accept it

* When my little brother can’t find the toy he borrowed from me, I remain calm.

* When things go wrong I don’t worry, but trust a solution can be found

* I look for the bright side of life amidst problems

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20. Patience

Teaching Notes1. Definition2. Teaching points3. Words of patience4. Patient people5. Booklist

1. Definition

1. The state or quality of being patient; the power of suffering with fortitude; uncomplaining endurance of evils or wrongs, as toil, pain, poverty, insult, oppression, calamity, etc. "Strenthened with all might, . . . unto all patience and long-suffering." Col. i. 11. "I must have patience to endure the load." Shak. "Who hath learned lowliness From his Lord's cradle, patience from his cross." Keble.

2. The act or power of calmly or contentedly waiting for something due or hoped for; forbearance. "Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all." Matt. xviii. 29.

3. Constancy in labor or application; perseverance. "He learned with patience, and with meekness taught." Harte.

Synonyms -- Patience, Resignation. Patience implies the quietness or self-possession of one's own spirit under sufferings, provocations, etc.; resignation implies submission to the will of another. The Stoic mayhave patience; the Christian should have both patience and resignation.

2. Teaching points

* Self-control and mind-body unity develop patience* Learning to wait in different situations is good training* Making goals is one technique to develop patience* Being happy with what you have and learning to be content develops patience* Being patient with others develops understanding

3. Words of Patience

* Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.* Patience is working steadily without giving up. * Patience is being able to put up with pain, trouble, delay, boredom, etc. without complaining.* I want patience and I want it now!

4. Patient People

MichelangeloJohn MiltonGrandma MosesJuan DiegoAnton van Leeuwenhoek (La-ven-huk)Joni Eareckson Tada

5. Booklist

A Bicycle for Rosaura Barbot, Daniel La Sirena del Desierto Blaner, Alberto El Verano de Los Cisnes Byars, Betsy When Will I Read Cohen, Miriam The Blanket That Had To Go Cooney, Nancy Evan Walk Two Moons Creech, Sharon The Art Lesson Good As New dePaola, Tomie Good As New Douglas, Barbara Phoebe, The Spy Griffin, Judith Berry Tommy at the Grocery Store Grossman, Bill Leo the Late Bloomer Kraus, Robert Keep the Lights Burning Abbie Roop, Peter and Connie Molly and the Slow Teeth Ross, Pat Babushka's Doll Polacco, Patricia The Missing Piece "Obedient", Falling Up Silverstein, Shel What's the Hurry, Harry? Steiner, Charlotte Alexander Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday Viorst, Judith Waiting Weiss, Nicki No Bath Tonight Yolen, Jane