My flight before New Year’s was delayed, communication about what was happening was unclear, and I was frustrated. I just wanted to be there.
“Take patience,” my boyfriend said to me. Ever sweet, knowing the exact right thing to say, and also a non-native English speaker. I loved this perfect language mistake, because not only did it make me smile, it made me appreciate patience more.
I love the idea of patience as something I can pick up, choose, put on, swallow like a glass of water.
Here—take patience.