Patience!- You’d think that being a cop is an easy task considering its foundation surrounds discipline, right? But even in an organization like policing, it has its challenges—just like any other organization.
Diversity in the workplace plays a significant role in how an organization functions internally. Innumerable personalities to live with for eight hours can be as controversial as a Jerry Springer episode.
Not everyone is in tune with Managerial skills, heck, not everyone is in tune with basic professional skills! Even your boss can be an idiot at times. I’ve learned that polishing up on my patience dictates the way I respond to rising situations.
How many times have you found yourself in a “this is stupid” situation while at work? Your natural reflex is to blurt out a response or act in a manner that just may cost you your job.
Remembering to have patience will instantly dictate to your reflex, giving you enough time to carefully analyze that stupid situation on how to respond to it professionally.
So, while a work, remember the power of patience.
When in public, remember that patience is a virtue or even a blessing. When running late for whatever reason, I think twice before blowing my horn to death at the driver slugging on a greenlight. I figure I just may be blowing away my guardian angel in disguise—who just may be preventing me from meeting an early demise.
I’ve also acquired a great deal of patience when it comes to my Autistic son. He’s growing, He’s learning and his personality is a force to be reckoned with. His mind and his body is still in one heck of a fight, but this summer, he’s found a love for writing, drawing and reading.
I know what you’re thinking, what on earth is wrong with that? You see, the issue is, he still struggles with a number of things.
Peddling his bike is a challenge. Holding a crayon or pencil in his hand isn’t a problem, but moving his hand to use them, is a challenge. SO, in turn, he wants Mommy to draw—and write, the same things, over and over and over again. I’m talking about 5:35am, popping up in my bed with his book and pencil and demanding that I “draw fish, draw racoon, draw race car, draw eagle” etc. I find myself frustrated at times because his echolalia (repetition) and persistence get so overwhelming and then he gets aggressive when it’s not carried out immediately. My patience reminds me that, this is an aspect of his challenges that he can not control just yet. He doesn’t intentionally want to hurt me, but he does.
Carrying patience with me all the time, has been a game changer!
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