Patience Is Key In life.

Patience, It’s a term I’ve heard a lot in my life. Being told, “Good things come to those who wait”. And at the time, my five-year-old self wanted nothing more to do than to run around and expend all of the energy in my body. I remember fondly having to sit in an office for five minutes of silence when I was too loud and rambunctious, waiting for my lesson on how to say words correctly.

When I was sitting in that red and rock-hard chair, I remember to myself that I have to stay still or else I get in big trouble. For the most part, I was able to stay silent for those five minutes. But on occasion, I would be too energetic and would constantly be bouncing my knee. The room would feel big and empty, with just me, the teacher, and a desk between us, on these days she would get increasingly frustrated and I would be sent out after being scolded harshly.

As I got older I realized just how important being patient was. I had to exercise it in everything that I did, whether I was playing piano, cooking food, or waiting for a video to load. It was in everything I did. And as I look back on how I behaved when I was a kid, I could see I was a problem child. Always energetic, wanting things down that split second I asked for them. An example was whenever we would go out to eat, I would expect the food to be in front of me within the next couple of minutes. Of course, this never happened and I would learn to get patient with food over time. I never really had patience, but I slowly learned it over the years, having learned that If I get mad when I play piano I make more mistakes.

So I would slowly build my patience up over time. Doing this served me really well in the future. I began not to expect things to happen that same instant. I could wait and not feel upset when things didn’t go the way I planned them to go. And playing piano was easier than ever with my Consummate elegance with my fingers dancing across the ivory keys of the grand piano.

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