Vol. 4 Issue 26

“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.” —Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

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Life is a series of experiences through which we learn patience, endurance, and thankfulness. Of these three, patience is the foundation. While the adage patience is a virtue is true, what is also true is patience is a sacrifice. It is a virtue, valuable to self and others, ensuring the best possible outcome. Patience is a sacrifice in great challenge and trial to remain calm and confident, believing the result you hoped for is still possible and imminent.

Other words for patience are perseverance, steadfastness, fortitude, or calmness. Each conveys the act of staying peaceful, in heart and action, during any circumstance. While patience in action can be an act of self-will, the patience of the heart requires deeper trust and is a lifelong challenge to master.

When patience is complete, there is a sweet reward of hope realized.

This week, challenge yourself to find your inner patience of the heart in situations that put you on edge. When you control your actions (and your tongue), go deeper; tell your heart to be at peace and trust the process.

This is how I tell my heart to be at peace.

Class Ring Returned...44 years later!

This is a lost and found story for the record books! How about the child of your high school friend returning your class ring to you 44 years later? Who says miracles don't happen?

Woman Reunites With Birth Mom After 34 Years

A woman given up for adoption met her birth mom for the first time in 34 years. She captured the treasured moment in a video she posted on Tik Tok which has received more than 4 million views so far. The young woman had been searching for her birth mom for a decade. This is such a heart-warming story to remind us keep hope and never give up.

From Wrongfully Convicted Felon to Lead Contender for City Council

Yusef Salaam is running for a city council seat to represent his hometown of Harlem. He and four others called the Central Park Five, were wrongfully convicted of a rape that happened in Central Park in 1989. He was only 15 years of age. His friends were also teenagers. They served their sentences for twelve years, when the true serial rapist was found, verified by DNA, and the five were exonerated of the felony.

Instead of being bitter, he got better; he says, “When people look at me and they know my story, they resonate with it...But now here we are 34 years later, and I’m able to use that platform that I have and repurpose the pain, help people as we climb out of despair.”

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