Patience
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions”
-Rainer Maria Rilke
"Patience and Fortitude conquer all things.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Patience is bitter but it's fruit is sweet."
-Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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My friend Matt sent me a New Year message stating that he was not going to have any New Year's Resolutions this year, instead he would choose one word to help define his year. He chose "FOCUS" to be his word, and asked me to come up with one word myself. After being asked that, well...that took some real thought. I mean, what word could I come up with that truly would be something I need to focus in on for my year?
It was challenging because in general...I'm focused, driven, goal-oriented, kind, giving...I persevere, show fortitude, not a quitter. All things that I try to live my life out each day and pretty much do. So, when asked...I had to take three days to come up with one word and once I did, it made quite a lot of sense to me.
The word I came up with was PATIENCE.
It's defined as:
l. Marked by or exhibiting calm endurance of pain, difficulty, provocation, or annoyance
ll. Capable of calmly awaiting an outcome or result; not hasty or impulsive
What I tend to lack most in life right now is patience. I have a hard time with making it through the difficult times in life and awaiting for the better outcome. What weighs on my heart and mind the most is my inability to change where I'm at in life fast enough. I want changes NOW, not TOMORROW...but NOW. Change where I'm living; how I'm living; my financial state of being; whether I'm with someone or if I'm going to remain alone; whether I'll finally be happy with ALL things presented before me in life. All of this taxes on my mind repeatedly and somewhere I have to reach deep within to find a place where I'm at peace with where I'm at in life. Until I reach this peace, it's going to keep me up at night and keep me more worried than I need to be. Perhaps with patience...all things will fall into place. "All good things come to those who wait." ...right, right?
So, the word I'm going to use and work towards making my year go better is patience. I will need to find ways to really focus in on relaxing myself during difficult times or the times when I struggle with where I'm at. I'm not sure how to do this, but I will try to say each day that "I will be patient, I will show patience."...and see where life takes me.
PATIENCE.
Patience
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions”
-Rainer Maria Rilke
"Patience and Fortitude conquer all things.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Patience is bitter but it's fruit is sweet."
-Jean-Jacques Rousseau
**********
My friend Matt sent me a New Year message stating that he was not going to have any New Year's Resolutions this year, instead he would choose one word to help define his year. He chose "FOCUS" to be his word, and asked me to come up with one word myself. After being asked that, well...that took some real thought. I mean, what word could I come up with that truly would be something I need to focus in on for my year?
It was challenging because in general...I'm focused, driven, goal-oriented, kind, giving...I persevere, show fortitude, not a quitter. All things that I try to live my life out each day and pretty much do. So, when asked...I had to take three days to come up with one word and once I did, it made quite a lot of sense to me.
The word I came up with was PATIENCE.
It's defined as:
l. Marked by or exhibiting calm endurance of pain, difficulty, provocation, or annoyance
ll. Capable of calmly awaiting an outcome or result; not hasty or impulsive
What I tend to lack most in life right now is patience. I have a hard time with making it through the difficult times in life and awaiting for the better outcome. What weighs on my heart and mind the most is my inability to change where I'm at in life fast enough. I want changes NOW, not TOMORROW...but NOW. Change where I'm living; how I'm living; my financial state of being; whether I'm with someone or if I'm going to remain alone; whether I'll finally be happy with ALL things presented before me in life. All of this taxes on my mind repeatedly and somewhere I have to reach deep within to find a place where I'm at peace with where I'm at in life. Until I reach this peace, it's going to keep me up at night and keep me more worried than I need to be. Perhaps with patience...all things will fall into place. "All good things come to those who wait." ...right, right?
So, the word I'm going to use and work towards making my year go better is patience. I will need to find ways to really focus in on relaxing myself during difficult times or the times when I struggle with where I'm at. I'm not sure how to do this, but I will try to say each day that "I will be patient, I will show patience."...and see where life takes me.
PATIENCE.