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Patience amid impatience
Mark Sappenfield
How long is too long to wait for justice and progress? Impatience can be a good thing. It drives change. But change doesn鈥檛 often come on the schedule we would like.聽
Today, Anna Mulrine Grobe writes about Native Americans who have fought for decades to get better care for their military veterans. This year, a long-awaited breakthrough finally came.
鈥淭he hope,鈥� Anna writes, 鈥渋s that these developments will not only improve care, but also foment faith that, even after decades of neglect, change is possible.鈥� Stories like hers show the importance, especially in trying times, of patience amid impatience.聽
