If Patience Is a Virtue, I Hope There Are Others to Choose From

It is said that “patience is a virtue.”

A virtue is defined by the dictionary as “a good or admirable quality or property;” and a virtue is described in the encyclopedia as “a character trait valued as being good.”

Patience is defined by the dictionary as "1) the quality of being patient, as the bearing of provocation, annoyance, misfortune, or pain, without complaint, loss of temper, irritation, or the like; 2) an ability or willingness to suppress restlessness or annoyance when confronted with delay; 3) quiet, steady perseverance; even-tempered care; diligence;" and patience is described in the encyclopedia as "the ability to endure waiting, delay, or provocation without becoming annoyed or upset, or to persevere calmly when faced with difficulties."

The Bible reminds us that “love is patient,” (1 Corinthians 13:4)...if only I could love being patient.

I was not blessed with the virtue of patience, so in an effort to make me feel adequate for lacking in this area, I have compiled a list of other virtues, many of which I can check off my list of personal virtues.

100 virtues that are recognized in the various Western cultures of the world are as follows:

1. acceptance
2. altruism
3. appreciation
4. assertiveness
5. autonomy
6. awareness
7. balance
8. being beautiful in spirit
9. benevolence
10. charity
11. chastity
12. cleanliness
13. commitment
14. compassion
15. confidence
16. consciousness
17. cooperativeness
18. courage
19. courteousness
20. creativity
21. critical thinking
22. curiosity
23. dependability
24. determination
25. diligence
26. discipline
27. empathy
28. endurance
29. enthusiasm
30. excellence
31. fairness
32. faith
33. fidelity
34. focus
35. foresight
36. forgiveness
37. fortitude
38. freedom
39. friendliness
40. generosity
41. happiness
42. helpfulness
43. honesty
44. honor
45. hopefulness
46. hospitality
47. humility
48. humor
49. idealism
50. imagination
51. impartiality
52. independence
53. innocence
54. integrity
55. intuition
56. inventiveness
57. justice
58. kindness
59. lovingness
60. loyalty
61. mercy
62. moderation
63. manners
64. modesty
65. morality
66. nonviolence
67. nurturing
68. obedience
69. openness
70. optimism
71. patience
72. peacefulness
73. perfection
74. perseverance
75. potential
76. potential
77. prudence
78. purposefulness
79. respectfulness
80. responsibility
81. restraint
82. sacrafice
83. self-awareness
84. self-discipline
85. self-esteem
86. self-reliance
87. self-respect
88. sensitivity
89. sharing
90. sincerity
91. spirituality
92. sympathy
93. tactfulness
94. temperance
95. tolerance
96. trustworthiness
97. truthfulness
98. understanding
99. unselfishness
100. wisdom

I feel better now.