Patience is a Virtue | to pdf >>

By Laura Morgan, MD

Patience is a virtue
we struggle to express,

A gift we give ourselves and others
in times of distress,

A cleansing breath of oxygen
through rushing clouds of smoke,

A window on the Absolute
as when we first awoke.

Patience with Patients | to pdf >>

By Laura Morgan, MD

To choose the folding into,

then expanding out from another's experience

in its own time,

despite the hounds of hurry;

To wait upon what is beyond

as reflex,

flexible acceptance,

despite the call of clamor;

To follow the leading heart,

trusting trust to heal,

holding separate the still moment

despite the urge to urgency.

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