Patience

Patience is needed for study.
Study is required for teaching.
Teaching calls for patience, patience, patience.

A teacher must master her skill
And teach what she knows;
She must know her own vehicle in which to go.

Teacher calls student to go:
Uphill,
No turning back.
So, Teacher must go.

Who am I—Teacher or Student?
Student may master from Teacher alone.
Teacher is Master.
Master is Patience.

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