Jane's Patience

Alan Rodriguez
December 14, 2009
 
Jane's Patience
Patience is one of the most difficult things to master in our life.  Whether it's being patient for happiness or for love, being patient will get you these things. If you go out there looking for those things, then you're just making your self more open to sadness and different people trying to mess with your heart.  But if you're patient, I will guarantee you that true love will come to you.  And by having that you'll be happy.
When I was reading Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte, I noticed that Jane’s life was horrible.  She had no parents and her aunt’s family treated her poorly.  In addition to her life being lousy, she also hadn’t experienced love.  Not from her family, from her classmates at school, or from a man.  Jane Eyre talks to the reader after she’s been married for over decade, "I have been married ten years. I know what it is to live entirely for and with what I love best on earth. I hold myself supremely blest--blest beyond what language can express; because I am my husband's life as fully as he is mine" (459, Bronte).  Jane states how she’s been waiting so long for this moment, but now that the wait is over she’s as happy as she can be.  She knows that she’s been patient her entire life, and that’s what makes her love life so wonderful.
This isn’t only seen by Bronte, some of my peers also have similar opinions about patience.  In Otilio's blog, he says, "But in the end things work out for the best;the fact that Jane refused to make compromises worked best for her in the end.  Because she did not make any compromises she gets what she always wanted"(No Compromises).  Here he talks about how Jane was patient and never made compromises, and that's why she got what she always wanted.   Angelica, another classmate of mine says, "But EVERYTHING TAKES TIME! You can't rush things. There's a reason for everything"(Things happen for a reason!).  Here she talks about how there's a time for everything, just be patient and you'll get what you want.  And last but not least, Cassandra says, "Jane was very patient.  Although she is still young, we can say she waited her whole life to be happy and in love"(Everything happens for a reason) Cassandra talks about how Jane waited so long and all that waiting paid off.
Although patience is a hard thing to master, we still have to give it a try.  Just like Jane was able to handle her problems by just waiting patiently, so can we.  Most people are to stubborn and don't like waiting for things to come to them but Jane is a perfect example of a person being patient.  And look at the outcome out of all of this, she finally married Mr. Rochester and is very happy.  Who said that if a person just waits will never get what they want.