Patience (adapted) – Rumi
This poem reflects on the value of patience.
The secret to everything is Patience.
When you endure and be patient to hunger, the name will become fasting.
When you endure and be patient to pain, the name will become courage.
When you endure and be patient to people, the name will become tolerance.
When you endure and be patient to your wishes, the name will become prayer.
When you endure and be patient to missing, the name will become longing.
When you endure and be patient to love, the name will become romance.