The Discussion Forum at NCM met on 1st December, 2023. The session was on the topic ‘Patience’. The members present were Dr. P H Shah, Dr. Trupti Almoula, Dr. Chetna Makwana, Dr. Subhash Yadav, Prof. Iram Khan, Prof. Rakhi Thakkar, Prof. Rakesh Panchal and Prof. Vaishali Sheth.
The key takeaways from the session are as follows:
- Patience is the ability to stay calm; it is the capacity of an individual to tolerate anything irritating without being annoyed or frustrated.
- Nature teaches us to remain patient;
- All good things take time.
- With advancement of technology impatience has increased among people.
- Effect of being impatient: increase in stress, it affects mental as well as physical wellbeing; spoils relationships and creates problems for others.
- Patience is a skill that can be developed by practice.
- Strategies for increasing patience are: being aware and watchful; distancing oneself from the source of annoyance; responding rather than reacting, meditation etc.
- The strategies may vary as per the situations which we encounter in our life.
|
Situation |
Examples |
Strategy to be adopted |
|
Interpersonal |
Habits and behavior of someone in the family or friends and relatives or at workplace etc. |
Train your mind to be tolerant. Ignore/neglect such behaviors. |
|
Life hardships |
Traffic, standing in a long queue, noise pollution air pollution etc. |
Accept the situation. When things are not in hand, one should be Patient. |
|
Positive growth |
Child’s education, professional growth, organisational growth etc. |
Give enough time. There’s always an appropriate time for things to happen. All good things take time |
- Another way to categorize these situations is as follows:
|
Situation |
Strategy to be adopted |
|
Situations that are not in our hand |
Be patient |
|
Situations where we can do something |
Do the rightful action at the right time |
|
Emergencies |
Act fast without losing your calm |
- The Uttarakhand Tunnel Rescue is a perfect example of patience; Patience keeps hope alive.
- Thus patience is an important virtue and we should develop it.
The next discussion forum is scheduled on Thursday, 7th December, 2023. The topic is “Mindfulness”.
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