The eternal connection of the mobius strip
Here’s another from the Ecclesiastical Rubik’s Cube:
Patience is better than pride.*
Okay. Sounds true. But what’s the connection? We might just as well say, “A bowl of ice cream is better than a bucket of tar.” They’re not connected.
So what is it about patience and pride that links them together?
Except that they’re opposites.
Note:
Pride doesn’t see the whole picture but forges ahead anyway.
Patience doesn’t see the whole picture either, but it knows it doesn’t.
Pride considers no weakness, brooks no compromise, sees no obstacle.
Patience understands weakness, that it’s a human condition.
Pride slows for nothing.
Patience does not hurry.
Pride has no patience with patience.
Patience has patience even with the proud.
Between them there’s a continuous loop, a mobius strip: Patience fights pride fights patience fights pride and on an on until one prevails . . .
at least for awhile.
Even in movies it’s a common plot: The progenitor who is proud is always brought low while the humble, in the end, is raised up.
I’ve always been glad for those who have shown patience with me (including when I’ve been proud).
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* Ecclesiastes 7:8b (see also James 4:6)
Next: The Race Not to the Swift. Coming Monday.
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10:23 am
amen.
11:04 am
So true!
11:29 am
Hyatt, these are age-old truths… truths we need to be reminded of. Thanks!
2:47 pm
How very true – Think on these things!
6:00 pm
Perfect Hyatt! Thank you!
7:59 pm
I think it’s ironic that sometimes we have to be so patient in waiting For others to give us the recognition we think we deserve . Hyatt, Right on the money as usual.
Scott
7:42 am
True & true! Amen.
10:17 am
I learned some things reading this, regarding pride. I made a big mistake recently by forging ahead. Patience is the key. Thanks, Hyatt.
2:54 pm
….. A life time pursuit for all of us