It has been an intense 24 hours on this platform regarding the SteemTron situation. At first, it was all so confusing for me but I understood the whole situation along the way. Interestingly, I got better clarity on the nature of steemit and its decentralized community. I really feel like a steemian now lol. This is all thanks to @mistakili for taking time out to explain everything to me. We all hope for the best.
Anyway back to it, I’ve been having some lingering thoughts since I had a conversation with my dad and sister a couple of days ago, about the level of patience and perseverance in the younger generation (millennials and gen Z) and lack thereof. My dad seems to think that in a bid to be successful, we “the younger generation” impulsively rush into things, in the process, make careless decisions or mistakes and that shows a lack of patience and/or perseverance. Because we are driven and eager to attain more at a younger age so we don’t develop patience as part of our character trait. I quite clearly understand his point of view but disagree to some extent.
Patience and perseverance are two good qualities essential for growth and development process in every person’s life, that is undeniable. I also believe the level of one’s patience is relative to their situation or experiences.
What my dad sees as “lack of patience” and perseverance, I see as fear of passivity- passive patience. What I see is not eagerness or being impulsive I see people actively pursuing opportunities even while they wait. People commonly measure one’s level of patience by how long they have been able to wait to achieve something and I think this is where people get the notion that actively waiting is not really being patient.
Personally, I’ve had to face this battle each day I wake up to go to work. I hate my job. I’ve been working there for almost 2 years now and I’ve stuck with it mostly for job security sake. My plan is to quit after I bag my MBA but I’ve had to deal with hearing “just be patient” “don’t be in a haste or don’t make rash decisions.” They say this because they believe it’s going to get better as I progress in the job. The truth is there are a lot of other factors to consider but this is my most nagging thought - being patient. I’m constantly battling with a trail of thoughts like do I stay in the job I hate just for the sake of patience? what if I don’t get a better job? Would that be faulted as due to my lack of patience? how long do I calmly wait and endure this ? My biggest fear is becoming passive but actively going after something else may or may not give me the outcome I want.
So I wonder, does patience and perseverance sometimes require some amount of passivity to work? Is it really just being passive ?
”Patience is not the ability to wait. Patience is to be calm no matter what happens, constantly take action to turn it to positive growth opportunities, and have faith to believe it will all work out well in the end” - Roy T. Bennett
Thank you for reading my post.