I might as well admit to you from the start
I am not the most patient person. I suspect I am not alone. Impatience
surrounds us everywhere today. While waiting on line, stuck in traffic,
being placed on hold on the telephone, or waiting for the computer to
boot up. We are a culture accustomed to instant gratification. Just ask
the credit card companies and you ll see what I mean.
While we may not always welcome it, cultivating patience can be an invaluable
ally. Not getting what you want, when you want it, can be a great asset
to you. How? It gives you the opportunity and breathing space you may
need to alter your plans and make any necessary adjustments. It gives
you time to shift your perception, fine tune your vision, and at times,
help you realize what you once thought you so desperately wanted, may
no longer hold true for you and so you no longer need to pursue it.
Impatience is a sure sign we have become too attached to an outcome.
It is a lack of faith on our part. We want a relationship or career to
result in a certain way and so we feel the need to take control. The
danger in this is we can become so fixated on doing things our way we
can sometimes miss opportunities right in front of us meant to help us
on our journey. We don t pay close attention to a conversation thinking
it not important enough, fail to return a phone call, or not follow up
on a lead, all of which hold clues to making our progress quicker and
more efficient. Not to mention more enjoyable and rewarding. Or just
as we are about to break through a barrier and see results, we quit.
We stump our growth by giving up too soon.
Cultivating patience can help us realize the Universe is here to support
our win and sometimes the best thing we can do is to get out of our own
way. It can help open our minds and hearts to believing we are being
taken care of by a higher intelligence which always has our best interest
at heart. It has the ability to foresee things we may not necessarily
be alert to because we are too caught up in the details. We don t see
or hear the warning signs telling us that perhaps what we are pursuing
is not in our best interest. Have you ever been in a situation where
you wanted something so badly, couldn t wait to have it, only to later
realize what a blessing it was you didn t get it? It is divine intervention
working on our behalf.
Truth be told, cultivating patience is something I have to work at every
day. Not knowing how something I have my heart set on will turn out can
at times feel excruciating. But I ve also seen time and time again how
things have a way of falling into place at its right time with far grander
outcomes than I would have ever anticipated. Is that not worth waiting
for? I hope you patiently agree with me it is.
Where in your life can you start cultivating patience?
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