Just to be a little more serious. When I was younger, I learned some stagecraft. One of the lessons was the ability to freeze when someone yelled "Freeze!" I do not recall how many times I did those exercises. But I learned how to stop and stay still. Add to this, I had been taught by an Illineh shaman how to listen for a heartbeat, outside my own. One day in the woods, I "heard" a heart beat and froze. There was a buck less than two feet away from me. I could have grabbed it as I let it walk by.

We humans can learn anything, most of all patience. There have been other events that showed me that patience can be something acquired through practice (until I found myself being patient without being aware of it). Interestingly, this learned patience is something that can be found in many regimes around the world.

Enjoy the world. Even when sitting or standing still.

An old rework of an adage/Koan. "Don't do something. Just sit there!"


A test for Patience.: Ask for directions on a corner in a Chinatown street corner at six-thirty AM Weekday. 耐心和练习

(Nàixīn hé liànxí / Patience and Practice) Chinese Language Googled. Looks right.