“We must be content to live without watching ourselves live, to work without expecting any immediate reward, to love without an instantaneous satisfaction, and to exist without any special recognition.” Thomas Merton
Fishing for appreciation?
Patient endurance
“When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.”
+St. Francis de Sales
Patient endurance
Revenge
“No one heals himself by wounding another” – Saint Ambrose
Not holding a grudge
Procrastination
“Ed Cole, in his book Treasure, says: “Procrastination, like disorganization, shows disrespect for time, self and others. It produces pressure on self and stress on others. It steals time, kills initiative and destroys production.” Fr. Mike Schmitz
Always late?
Same boat
“We’re all in the same boat, and we’re all seasick.”
G.K. Chesterton