PATIENCE, THE HANDMAIDEN OF LOVE, I.E., GOD

I may be wrong but it seems to me that the surest way to God consciousness is through patience, patience and more patience.

Patience, like all else, is within us before birth, at birth, right through unto now...just like kindness, love, concern for others, et al. They're all within us before, at, unto now, but until we use them, they are undeveloped, thus unknown to us.

I wonder if that's how, when and where their opposites...impatience, meanness, hate...spring forth. They are the mirror opposites of our birthright...from God. They come later, after our ego gets its footing...and, since the ego's only job is to legislate for itself, they will always be for self, against others.

Patience may be the handmaiden (or determiner) of all the other goodies...say, we make a decision to be kind to all the people we meet today. Having tried this enough, we know we will fail...unless we bring out our patience, too. And then rely on patience to carry kindness through. Patience softens our teeth-grinding attempts at kindness, and moves self out of the picture.

That may be patience's core job...to remove the ego-victory self from the picture. There is no greater job.

Thank You.