patience-rhetorical modes

1. I wake up at 4 am and chomp at the bit to take a peak downstairs. Christmas morning is here and I have to make sure Santa came. After the clock strikes 6, snow, reindeer, candy canes and elves drive my brain crazy and I race in to share my excitement with my sleeping family. I find my brother wide-awake, calmly reading a book. He’s been up since 4 but didn't want to bother anyone despite his excitement. We obviously know who was given the patience gene in the family

2. Patience is similar, but not completely synonymous to endurance. Patience and endurance both mean to continue or persevere despite strain, suffering, or hardship. However patience is persevering through trials without negativity or anger, about how long you can go without complaining. One can have endurance but still be negative about things, since one can have endurance until they give up. Also, endurance can be both a mental and physical thing, but when speaking of patience, it is more mental

3. A person that displayed a great deal of patience was Ghandi. He had quiet and steady perseverance, and didn't have a bad attitude about his trial, which was to liberate the Indian people from the British. He didn't want the Indian people to fight and instead of giving into the pressures of using force, which would have made the trial end quicker, he had the quality of waiting and went about fighting in a peaceful way, which was fasting and being a great leader. This is patience for what he knew was right-peace.

4. You get more of what you want with patience than with anger. Although this may seem ironic, that by waiting you get more but the impulsivity that comes with anger causes you to get less in the same amount of time. If one shows patience, they will be calmer when it comes to rational thinking and decision-making. They will also seem more mature and have others want to work with them because they can think of the bigger picture and not explode at any point in time.

5. Patience is caused by the ability to see the bigger picture. If one can put themselves in an omniscient view of the situation, and see the past, present and future, they will realize that the present is only a small moment in the scheme of things. Seeing this will allow people to not get angry or irrational and lose their temper and become negative, but rather know that everything will work out. As Jesus said, “my trials will be but a small moment”, pointing out that if he is patient, good times will come again after persecution

6. The toddler looks up at his mother, a dark green permanent marker tight in his hand. The strong chemical smell permeates from what were newly washed white walls, now adorned with swirls, scribbles and circles. She kneels down on the soft, tan carpet, right above the imprints of her son’s feet, and looks into his bright blue eyes. He gazes right at her and softly bows his head as he hands her his weapon, then puts his stubby arms around her neck and gives her a big wet kiss on the lips.