Por qué la paciencia es la clave de su éxito y cómo conseguirla
El efecto de la cultura moderna
In today’s ever-growing and ever-evolving society where high-tech gadgets and super fast delivery systems are enhancing the quality of our life, it is hard to practice patience, because everything is teaching us the exact opposite.
You order clothes from Amazon and you’ll likely receive it in record time.
Food delivery chains are at the top of their game with extremely fast and effective systems in place that, due to their competitive nature, keep upping their game (much to the customers’ delight).
There’s a lot of hard work taking place all over the world’s factories that are aiming to make the difficult situations as stress-free as possible, and their service is constantly improving because nobody can afford to be an impatient person anymore.
¿Por qué? Porque nuestra cultura ha aprendido a esperar resultados a los pocos minutos de nuestras demandas.
Human beings have forgotten that the key to everything is in fact patience and that happy life isn’t achieved by getting everything when they request it.
Lecciones de vida no puede aprenderse a menos que las personas dejar ir su falta de paciencia y frenar su avance.
Patience is one of the most important traits a person can possess and I’m going to share with you why I strongly stand by this.
Here’s Why Impatience Is Dangerous
Imagine this scenario. You’re sitting in a traffic jam, with hundreds of cars surrounding you.
En estos momentos, todo el mundo está inmóvil y golpea impacientemente los cuernos para que los demás se muevan, pero eso sólo hace que la gente se frustre más.
So what do you do as you’re impatiently waiting for the traffic to clear out? You take out your little gadget and immediately Google stuff and check your redes sociales accounts to see if perhaps you’ve got some new comments.
You might even tweet something to your co-workers or high school friends as you just can’t bring yourself to sit there with your hands tied for five whole minutes and not do something on your mobile phone.
And if you don’t get an instant reply or a desired “like” on something you tweeted, you get irrationally annoyed and frustrated because how dare they?
Sabes que la mayoría están en línea.
So why wouldn’t they react and boost your ego by sharing that funny tuitee que tan inteligentemente se te ha ocurrido?
Why wouldn’t that person enviarte un mensaje y así demostrarte lo importante que eres para ellos?
Pero piensa en esto. ¿Qué dice eso de ti y de nosotros como pueblo?
¿Qué tipo de mensaje envía a nuestros hijos?
¿Les hará mejores personas o les abocará al fracaso?
If you don’t get instant results on something you crave, consider yourself a failure?
Always make sure you’re doing something instead of just enjoying the beautiful moment you’re in?
Esto sienta un peligroso precedente para su futura descendencia.
Les muestra que la belleza que les rodea es irrelevante e indigna de aprecio.
It shows them that being in touch with everyone at all times trumps being present in your life and taking care of what’s in front of you.
Les enseña a probar la Lord’s patience.
¿Y para qué? A a corto plazo gratificación porque alguien ha bendecido sus redes sociales con un comentario picante?
¿Un momento de felicidad porque su pedido llegó imposiblemente rápido?
Eso es mucha alegría evasiva y a corto plazo que te está alejando de la dirección correcta.
La que te enseña a disfrutar de las pequeñas cosas y a dejar de esperar que las cosas sucedan en un chasquido de dedos.
La paciencia es el camino a seguir
Here’s my two cents. During my many years on this earth, I’ve been known to have a severe lack of patience for most of my life.
A veces, creo que me convertía en una persona difícil de tratar (lo cual nunca fue mi intención).
I believed in all those get-rich-quick schemes that clearly didn’t work.
Esperaba que las cosas simplemente vinieran a mí sin dar mucho a cambio.
I tested my parents’ patience on more than one occasion and if I didn’t get my way, I’d throw a fit.
See, I believed in the power of “now.”
¿Por qué tendría que perder mi valioso tiempo esperando algo si puedo conseguirlo de una manera mucho más rápida?
Why would I believe my parents when they said if I always got what I wanted, I’d never learn the importance of hard work and sacrifice?
Pero vaya si tenían razón. He aprendido un par de cosas desde mi juventud.
He sustituido mis incesantes deseos y necesidades por paciencia y gratitud.
I no longer go the fast route. I take my time. I enjoy what’s in front of me.
Si me quedo atascado en un atascoEn lugar de mirar el teléfono, observo la naturaleza que me rodea..
Sonrío al perro que está en el asiento trasero del coche a mi lado.
I put on some music and jam on my own while people around me watch, probably thinking I’ve gone mad.
But you know what? I don’t really care. I don’t need that instant gratification anymore.
I don’t crave everything in the palm of my hand.
Ahora lo que más deseo es tener algún día hijos que se críen apreciando lo que tienen.
Niños que conocerán el significado del trabajo duro y el esfuerzo.
I don’t want to live in a world where people are nervous and go crazy at each other for the most insanely ridiculous reasons.
Do you know what I tell myself now, when I’m in a situation that would normally drive me mad?
I repeat to myself: if you’re stuck here waiting for the traffic to clear out in order to get to work, so is everybody else!
If your photo didn’t get a hundred “likes” within an hour, so what?
Do I really care about all these virtual people’s opinions?
¡No!
If I didn’t have time to make dinner at 7 pm sharp, does it really matter?
It honestly doesn’t. We can eat just as well at 8.
Vive el momento. Observa la vida a tu alrededor.
Don’t let cosas buenas pass you by while you’re impatiently expecting things to arrive to you.
Una vez que cambias tu enfoque lejos de tus constantes deseos y necesidades, you’ll finally realize that the moment you’re in right now is what life is all about!
