Tag Archive for: patience
The Flu…
Good things take time
To the Rescue

Learning Patience

The lesson! 
Signs of Progress

Don’t Give Up!
Tuesday morning my brain was completely fried due to the complexity of a piece of virtualย #facilitation.
“My, oh my, this is tortuous!” I thought.
Then came feelings of self doubt, fear, anxiety and a resignation that I simply couldn’t get my head around what was expected. I became a little grumpy….(well maybe a big bit!)
Consulting with a few other virtual facilitators, they felt exactly the same…(even more scary, and now even more grumpy too!)
I persevered.
Then I persevered a little more.
And still even more.
With a little more effort, a little moreย #patience, a little moreย #persistenceย and some practice & experimentation thrown in too for good measure, eventually…it started to make a little more sense.
By Wednesday afternoon, I’d cracked it! I was overcome with a huge sense of relief and started dancing around the living room.
This morning, as I get back online for the last rounds of the virtual facilitation, I am actually looking forward (and just a little excited too) about the day ahead. And I’ll have a bit of fun too!
Being taken of your comfort zone into your stretch zone, can be very painful at times – I can testify of that! Yet, strangely it also brings a great sense of accomplishment, once you achieve the goal.
Have you been stretched recently?
Developing Patience
“The best thing about the future is that it only comes one day at a time” – Abraham Lincoln.
Reflecting this morning on the last 6 months since lockdown on March 23rd, I recalled a scripture from the New Testament, from Romans 5:3, when the Apostle Paul taught “We glory in tribulations also; knowing that tribulation worketh patience.”
I find that statement both fascinating and enlightening.
Tribulations ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ patience, but at the same time they also help us to ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ patience.
These last 6 months have been filled with a variety of tribulations – “distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution. A trying experience.”
Sad to say, but the next few months will be exactly the same, if not more challenging in some ways. Yet, I believe as we patiently endure these difficulties with forbearance and fortitude, developing within each of us, if we allow it, will be the strength and resilience to face whatever comes.
The daily tests of endurance that each of us are currently facing require patience.
Our struggles will continue, one day, one step at a time. But these times for certain, will come to pass.
How can you be more patient today?
Annoying!
“There’s something not right with that tyre dad, I’ve had to blow it up again” said my son Kyle.
Both my son and daughter had mentioned this fact to me several times over the last few weeks. It was a little thing really, but it was starting to bug all of us.
So on Saturday I took their car into the garage and had them look at the back tyre. After a couple of minutes, he’d found a nail in the tyre and subsequently off he went to fix the puncture. Ten minutes later – the job was done and my wallet was ยฃ20 lighter.
The tyre had become a bit of an annoyance, due to the infrequent, unpredictability and intermittent nature of the flat tyre. Finally, it had been going on for quite a few weeks, plus Kyle had been into the garage before and they’d found nothing – even more annoying!
Annoyance – a cause of irritation or vexation; a nuisance.
What little things do you find annoying? What pushes your buttons?
Some top tips to deal with those little irritants!
– Slow down, breathe – is it worth getting upset about?
– Consider your perspective, the momentary issue will pass.
– Have fun, laugh at yourself, don’t take it too seriously.
– Ask yourself how important the matter really is.
– Ask yourself is their something I can do to make it better?
Learning in Lockdown
The first 50 days (and counting) in lockdown.ย Here is what I learned.
I have some good habits and routines already in place.ย Iโm an early riser, I study, meditate, plan my day, set my goals and take regular exercise.ย Work has changed from mostly face to face, to all virtual.ย So, what have I been learning?
Waiting is hard – I still have much more to learn about patience!
These last 50 days I have learned that patience is far more than simply waiting for something to happen.ย Rather, patience requires that I actively work towards a worthwhile goal by focusing on those things I can control and choose not to get discouraged when results donโt appear as quickly as Iโd hoped for. ย It also requires that I have had to put on hold some of the biggest desires of my heart for a little while longer by making alternative plans. (Charity Skydive โ on hold โน)
Patience means actively waiting and enduring really well.
In these challenging times I have learned not to be dismayed or to give up too easily, when I know that Iโm doing the best I can. ย I am also beginning to understand that I should be satisfied with my progress even though it may come very, very slowly at times.
In what area of your life do you struggle to be patient?
What have you learned during lockdown?