Patience

"Knowing [this], that the trying of your faith worketh patience." -James 1:3

Ok, this one's from experience. You'll just have to trust me on this one.

Here's what you do when your patience is being stretched:

Breathe and remember that you are not in control of everything.

Seriously. Read the verse. Faith and patience are clearly linked.

BREATHE.

I'm not kidding. This is what it's all about. Perspective. Take a step back.

REMEMBER.

This includes the little things. Remember that there aren't "little things." You exist in an interconnected world. There are designs at work that are bigger than yours.

You are NOT in control of everything.

Blunt implication: Get over yourself. Patience is recognizing a higher power at work than YOU getting what YOU want, when YOU want it. You are important, it's true. You have real value. But you are also too limited to see that you are way too stupid to understand everything. Get over yourself and widen your gaze a bit.

Breathe and remember that you are not in control of everything.

"Cease striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." -Psalm 46:10

Patience.