Patience

"If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow."

Chinese Proverb

Patience has never been my virtue.  Like the day when I was queuing to buy some pies which were going for a song.  Apple pies are a great favourite with me and I was looking forward to buying at least two.  Of course there was a long line of eager, hungry people in front of me.  The pies were all ready to be taken but it was incredible how long it took for people to decide which pie they wanted or didn't want. Then it took some time again for them to get the right change from their purse.  Meantime, my legs were aching and I was fuming under my breath. When I finally made it to the counter, there were no more apple pies left and I had to settle for two miserable looking mushroom pies. I was upset over that incident for some time, I've lost count whether it has been a hundred days ....