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Quranic Wisdom

energy, for this kind of crying is not going to yield any positive
result. But if you simply adopt the policy of waiting, then very
soon morning will come and the whole atmosphere will brighten
up.
Being patient does not mean not taking any action. It means
planning your strategy, assessing your resources and taking into
consideration the relevant natural factors. That is right planning.
In this world, planning takes care of fifty percent of the task,
while natural factors take care of the other fifty percent. They are
like the two wheels of the bicycle which revolve in perfect unison
to carry the cyclist to his destination. Either one without the
other would only bring about chaos and catastrophe.

Being patient does not mean not taking any action.
It means planning your strategy, assessing your
resources and taking into consideration the relevant
natural factors. That is right planning.

Patience means wisdom-based thinking. If impatience is the
result of unwise thinking, patience is the result of wise thinking.
That is the secret of life and also the secret of wise planning.
You cannot fight against nature, so you cannot afford the
luxury of being impatient. Impatience means trying to achieve
things on a unilateral basis. But that is impossible. On the other
hand, having patience means doing things on a bilateral basis.
And it is a fact that, in our world, unilateralism is an unrealistic
approach, while bilateralism is entirely a wise approach.
The policy of wait and see is the best policy in this world,
and it is this policy that is called patience. Impatience means:
Don’t wait, but jump into the situation without thinking about
the consequences. The wait and see policy is the only wise policy
in this world of competition and challenge.

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