Patience - Audiobook - The Book of Rumi 105 Stories and Fables

Book : The Book of Rumi 105 Stories and Fables that Illuminate, Delight and Inform.
Translated by Maryam Mafi
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Patience
The legendary physician Loghman had been in the service of the great king David for many years. During one particularly busy period when he was quite occupied with his numerous patients, he had been unable to pay his regular visits to the popular king of the Jews. After several weeks, when Loghman finally found himself free of patients, he decided to pay a call on his beloved master.
Duly he arrived at the palace and was told that David was busy at work in a nearby barn. As Loghman approached the ramshackle barn, he found David hard at work, with sparks flying in the air all around him. Immersed in the task at hand, David did not immediately notice Loghman enter the barn and continued toiling away. A heap of small metal rods lay before him, which he skillfully heated and looped into circles and then linked together, creating a smooth garment of chain mail. He continued in this fashion for some time, repeating the procedure patiently.
Until that day, Loghman had never witnessed the craft of manufacturing armor, and he was baffled. He was dying to ask David what he was making; however, he stopped himself and thought it best to wait and not interrupt the master craftsman. He knew that, invariably, patience directs people much more quickly to their desired objective, and he trusted his intuition. “When one doesn’t persist in sating one’s curiosity, one often gets what one wants that much quicker,” he thought to himself.
Thus, Loghman remained silent and continued to patiently observe David. Once the king was finished with his work, he pulled the armor over his head and shoulders and turned to face Loghman: “This is the best outfit to wear at war! I guarantee that it will protect a man against the deadliest blows,” declared David, noticing the surprise in Loghman’s face.
Loghman was thrilled that he had kept his silence despite his curiosity and had not interrupted the master at work.