PATIENCE MONTH: DAY 7: “Patience is the thing that makes me think about my choices rather than having my choices make me think about why I made them.” ― Craig D. Lounsbrough
This quote made me laugh really hard. What a great way to phrase the art of patience! I have sat and wondered, so often, “Why??!!” We all do.
The truth is that we cannot choose wrongly, in my opinion. Either way, our choices will lead us to our growth and development. We grow when we think about what we are doing, and we grow when we don’t. Most of the impetuous and spontaneous choices I have made have taught me well, eventually.
I sometimes choose out of boredom or to avoid something I don’t want to deal with, or just to prove that I can choose.
Every opportunity presented to me has the gift of learning that comes
with it. I learn if I sit still and I learn if I jump into the deep end. Action
and no action are both teachers for me. This life thing has so many varieties
of lessons for me to learn.
I can learn when I withdraw from the social environment around me. I fill
myself with quiet and the love of my animals and home and gardens or the beauty
of the place where I live. I can be alone for days and still learn so much!
I also learn when I go into social settings and interact with people on that level. Either way, there are always things to pay attention to that come up for me and ways to be in any setting that inform and further my spiritual and emotional development.
Today, I am slower than I used to be. Aging is the gift of more patience with myself, for sure. I don’t really have a need to race, just the habit sometimes. But I have cultivated the ability to sit for a certain amount of time every single day and to also listen to my inner self when things shift in some direction or another. As an avid reader and writer, I remain mindful at all times of what I bring into my experience. Once in a while I do things that teach me that I did not need to do them after all. Yeah, the learning continues. I am not dead yet, so the lessons will continue to inform and teach me what I am here to know. I love that!
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