Perhaps I can only regain my patience, especially in the face of loss (experience or created), when I re-acquaint myself with my destination.
In other words, I need to begin again...with the end in mind.
Here's a great little, related story example from Donald Miller's blog.
It is ironic how much our sense of our destination is a part of what we can endure (how may 'out there' affects by 'right here'). And, for the runner in all of us, note this admonition (the 5th one down).
We're not the first ones who've discovered how 'the end' can influence what we do next...especially when we need to do it again:
I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.
-- Philippians 3:14
