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Some parents on the East coast received a telephone call from their son during the Korean War.
Sure, son," his mother replied. "He sounds like a brave man. We can find room for him for a while."
"Mom, you don’t understand. I want him to come live with us."
"Well, OK," she finally said. "We could try for six months or so."
By now the mother had lost her patience. "Son, you’re being unrealistic about this. You’re emotional because you’ve been in a war. That boy will be a drag on you and a constant problem for all of us. Be reasonable."
The phone clicked dead.
They were thrilled, because they hadn’t heard from him for many months.
He said he was in San Francisco on his way home.
"Mom, I just wanted to let you know that I’m bringing a buddy home with me," he said. "he got hurt pretty bad, and he only has one eye, one arm, and one leg. I’d sure like him to live with us."
Sure, son," his mother replied. "He sounds like a brave man. We can find room for him for a while."
"Mom, you don’t understand. I want him to come live with us."
"Well, OK," she finally said. "We could try for six months or so."
"No, Mom, I want him to stay always. He needs us. He’s only got one eye, one arm, and one leg. He’s in really bad shape."
By now the mother had lost her patience. "Son, you’re being unrealistic about this. You’re emotional because you’ve been in a war. That boy will be a drag on you and a constant problem for all of us. Be reasonable."
The phone clicked dead.
The next day, the parents got a telegram: their son had committed suicide.
A week later the parents received the body. They looked down with unspeakable sorrow on the corpse of their son - who had one eye, one arm, and one leg.
Patience is worth its weight in a million shining stars and a billion timeless tomorrows. It is something you never completely have, but briefly hold, and by prayer and perseverance keep for a time
It is an elusive blessing, and the right to claim it as your own is a right you must daily earn: by training your heart to have compassion and your mind to bridle impatience when it seems so eager to come to call.
Patience? It is believing in tomorrow whatever it brings, bending with today whatever it gives and seeking to understand yesterday no matter what it gave.
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