patience and compassion

i figured it was time for me to look up some good quotes on patience and compassion... i've been ridden with a nasty stomach bug and it has cemented me to the couch. i'm feeling a little less awful, so all of the better feeling mojo you have been sending must be working...thank you. 

today i received a call from an employee of the city. this person needs the run route info from me. i had intended on  personally delivering the info yesterday so we could go over any questions or concerns, but felt a little too woozy...not to mention i didn't think they would enjoy me bringing my cooties around their office.

anyway, this person has really tested my patience. they have been less than polite throughout the whole process and although i have tried really hard to practice being patient and understanding since i have no idea what is going on in anyone else's life...but today it took every ounce of self control to not just say it as i felt.

like, where the hell is the attitude coming from? 

they have been on vacation and i have waited patiently. this is the first event i have EVER organized and i'm not asking anyone to hold my hand, but some compassion would be greatly appreciated. this is her job. this is what she does every day. she is a wealth of knowledge and could easily enlighten me sans attitude and i would learn a heck of a lot more than when someone questions my intelligence and treats me like i'm not a person of my word.

of course, i'm feeling a bit sensitive and overwhelmed and under the weather...but it would be nice if we could have a win win situation. i respect her, she respects me. simple strategy you can apply to almost anything.

i'm not going to let the frustration win. that would be easy right...and TOTALLY counter productive. i just tried faxing a makeshift event map and hope it will help provide her with the info she needs. on a "better feeling" note,  a lovely woman from my gym who is already donating tables for us to use...donated 200 Kookies for the event. it brought tears to my eyes! there will be a post in the near future about some of these amazing people and companies.

and to the person who i am struggling with...i genuinely appreciate your help and hope you have a great day! 

here are some quotes to keep me going...

“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the question"Rainer Maria Rilke

"Faith is not simply a patience that passively suffers until the storm is past. Rather, it is a spirit that bears things-with resignations, yes, but above all, with blazing, serene hope." Corazon Aquino

Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.  ~Seneca

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.  ~Plato

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.  ~Leo Buscaglia

Make it a practice to judge persons and things in the most favorable light at all times and under all circumstances.  ~Saint Vincent de Paul

Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something and has lost something.  ~H. Jackson Brown, Jr.