Don't expect them to fully understand you. They won't: So ? Demonstrate with results what they would not understand with words! - Chinmayananda Saraswati

Adversity, on the contrary, sobers him and reminds him of God and his Glory.

To be patient means to suffer something that hinders or hurts us, and still retain our self-composure. *How many difficulties, with their consequent unpleasantness and discord, could be smoothed over and almost entirely eliminated by patience. Patience always elevates and strengthens our character. We need it not only with others but also with ourselves.

Do you know the essence of Vedanta?” he asked in a booming voice and himself gave the answer, “Undress and embrace” he thundered. People were nonplussed. He chuckled and explained, “Undress the body, mind and intellect. What remains is automatically in the embrace with OM, the pure awareness.”