14 Steps To Develop Patience

I SHOULD NOT ...

• Dwell on my troubles and aches and pains.
• Think I'm always right and win people's approval for everything I do.
• Think that I always know what is best for people.
• Think that because people disagree, they are unreasonable.
• Think that all the unpleasant things happen to me.
• Think that ambition and what I want are all-important.
• Expect people's temperament, character and behaviour to be what I like.

I SHOULD ...

• Recognize that the more I dwell on my troubles and pains, the worse they seem.
• Recognize how impossible it is to please all the people all the time.
• Recognize that I cannot always get people to do what I want as a matter of course.
• Recognize that people are entitled to their opinions.
• Recognize that everybody has off-days.
• Recognize the danger of expecting too much from life, myself and other people.
• Practice mindfulness of my mental states and outside phenomena.

With Metta,

Bro. Oh Teik Bin