Like farmers we need to learn that we cannot sow and reap the same day.
~ Anonymous
If you have children or have been a child or ever carried a child, you know that this is a time of year where having patience can be quite challenging. Children especially want what they want NOW!
It is not just children, though, who have the tendency to be impatient. Waiting for adults can spell S-T-R-E-S-S.
Patience is good most of the time but it is an absolute must for some situations in life:
Achieving your ideal weight
Having a baby
Learning to play a musical instrument
Attaining goals (education, relationship, career)
Doing yoga
Becoming a skilled athlete
Healing from surgery or illness or accident
Learning Tai Chi
Writing a book
Planting a tree
Training a puppy
Fishing
Meditating
But how do you develop patience that keeps you healthy and allows you to be relaxed and comfortable as things run their course?
Here are some tips that just might give you the edge you want with all of this:
- Be realistic, and recognize that the process is the way to the goal
- Forgive yourself and others
- Set your intention
- Be patient with your occasional impatience
- Pay attention to your breathing
- Exercise regularly (it creates good brain chemistry and makes it easier to be patient)
- Drink plenty of water
- Eat regular meals
- Get plenty of rest
- Enjoy music
Record your insights so you know you are learning.
Just as trees take time to grow, but the reward is worth the wait, your cooking healthy meals can be part of your practice of patience. Although they say that a watched pot never boils, you can enjoy some wonderful healthy cooking this season. Sue Spitler is a friend of mine who has some great cook books. I have been at a cooking class in her home in Michigan City, Indiana, and here is a link for one of my favorites of her cookbooks and it is a real value at 70% off right now:
http://Ecookbooks Low Fat Recipes
This week, give yourself and others the sacred space that opens up in the face of patience. Patience is a virtue, you know! (edited and republished from 2010)
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Rev. Debra BashamVoice: (269) 921-2217
Email: debra@scs-matters.com https://scs-matters.com http://ImagineHealing.info http://SurgicalSupport.info Small Changes … Infinite Results™
“If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.” ~Mother Teresa Tips from 5 April 2010 to 6 August 2012 are here: Archived Tips |