What Am I?

I can wait. 
I can persevere. 
I can have hope. 
I can endure. 

What am I? 
Patient. 
But that is not all I am. 

I can be sad. 
I can be furious. 
I can be ecstatic. 
I can be excited. 

What am I? 
Animated. 
But that is not all I am. 

I can have empathy. 
I can feel sympathy.
I can comprehend. 
I can know. 

What am I? 
Understanding. 
But that is not all I am. 

I can feel. 
I can comfort. 
I can help. 
I can hear. 

What am I? 
Listening. 
But that is not all I am. 

I am Patient. 
I am Animated. 
I am Understanding. 
I am Listening. 
What am I? 
I am Paul.

--Paul A., Adult