Patience

     Patience or Sabali in the bambara tongue of the Malians is not only about waiting but about keeping a good attitude while doing so. You want something done or your waiting for an opportunity, losing your patience or doing something regrettable because you couldn't wait any longer isn't going to get things done any faster, it might end getting you to wait a while longer if anything at all. Take for example...

 

                You are trying to save some money from your present job and you have some months of saving to go, your boss is very annoying and you don't have the patience to wait it out and leave when your time is up, you show up to work with a frown on your face, you never get anything done, the bonus at end of the month doesn't reach you because of your attitude and out of more frustration you destroy something at work, you either get sacked or if your boss is kind enough deducts the pay from your salary either way you are already set back by a month or more, or you work with the internet, say your a web designer and the network is down on your chosen internet service provider, smashing your laptop is going to cause more harm than good, at the end your only option is to go buy a new laptop and wait it out the next time it happens. You are a gamer, you've been trying to score a goal against the p.c or your opponent keeps winning in that versus game you thought you were so good at and its not been working for some rounds, smashing your game controller isn't going to help cos you would end up having to go out and purchase another controller if you still want to play that game.
           Its never easy, especially when there is added pressure, that is why that slow cashier at the mart close to my house that is always frowning when there are too many customers got in trouble, the next cashier called in sick so she was the only one available, everyone got cranky cos her lax attitude and unfriendly nature wasn't compensating for the time being wasted at all, the customers on the line lost their patience and started shouting till someone insulted her then she lost her temper, she was exchanging words with her customers and forgot that she was attending to a lady in front of her, the customer in front lost her patience and demanded for attention cos according to her she had places to be, some of the people on the line couldn't take her behavior and dropped their goods and left in anger, probably as a mistake the cashier miscalculated and over-billed the lady in front of her and she  noticed but mistook it as an attempt to be cheated out of her money, she was reported to management and got sacked. So for now the cashier doesn't have a job and the customers might not find another store open at that time of the night so any urgently needed item will have to still wait but not for hours anymore, it will have to be till the next day.
        Exercising a little patience can really help a lot and take you a long way in achieving your goal. It isn't easy to keep the right attitude while waiting but its always worth it at the end. Don't forget to close your eyes and take deep breaths to ease up some of  the tension building while waiting on something.