Patience. It takes a great deal of it to survive this world. Unfortunately, most of us are born without much, if any at all. For the most part, it is a skill we learn and improve upon as we mature. Some people have extra lessons in patience forced on them through various circumstances. For me that circumstance is multiple sclerosis.

If there is an obvious positive that I can attribute directly to my experiences with MS, it is that I have acquired patience. I must admit that the first lessons...