Challenge 43: Patience

[palanfanaiel]

Well, since I was challenged to this challenge, here is a little small fic.

Title: Patience...
Rating: Suitable for everyone over 13, but heed this warning all men with BIG insufferable
egos, you may be damaged permanently...

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Patience is wondrous virtue. Commonly found among level-headed beings, patiently counting
their irritation to vanish. To count, that should be the easiest thing to do.
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10... Done… And in theory everything should be a bliss then,
P-A-T-I-E-N-C-E written with big capital letters on your peaceful face.

It does work in practise, I can gladly announce that the number of times I've experimented
with this in the classroom, it has had an amazing amount of effect. Both on me, and
surprisingly on my students. There's no need to rear my head, snap someone’s neck, no that
would be far too ugly for my concern. Count, work on a neutral face, and it will work out,
hopefully.

Occasionally it does snap for you. That does not mean you're necessarily an impatient person, it clearly indicate the object responsible for your impatience is in seriously need of a lesson.

So, patience is still being level-headed whilst you under the spell of impatience.

An example, I think would do good.

Presently I am very patiently spitting fire on the inside. Categorically, I can sum up every little stage of my very patient impatience. Body itching, lips quivering, eyes narrowing, mind reeling, hands knotted into tight balls. It's all there. Your whole body on fire.

Very patiently I extend my arm and slap the idiot standing clueless in front of me upside the head. Not roughly, but so it stings.

And patiently my lips retreat and I hiss at him. I succeed in storming away too, in a much patient manner, bordering on calmness.

Now, this could have been a very patient little incident, but of course the absolute clueless idiot has to ruin not only my patience but my patient impatience.

"Minerva! Where you going, dear! Minerva, you're going in the wrong direction, I told you I know what route to take! MINERVA!"

"Men!" I sigh to myself. "Men and asking directions!"

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[Kandice]

I had to read it twice but I understand it now. Men should be born with a built in compass but they'd be tempted to repair it so it's just as well they aren't.

[Kalex]

I think patience is my greatest virtue,well second to modesty. Thanks for responding to my challenge.

[Kacie]

My husband thinks he's a map so we're lost often.

[Miss Q]

I too read it a couple of times, but I think I got it!

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[JKMcGonagall]

I take it that Min is talking to herself and trying to be patient with Albus not asking directions.

Kay