What is patience really?
This topic was created in the Personal Development forum by WildatHeart on Friday, April 13, 2018 and has 2 replies.
I have always been an instant gratification sort of girl. I work hard and if I want something I go out and get it. If I have a goal I make it happen. If it's a long term goal I break it down into steps and I have the gratification of achieving each of those steps along the way. But I have found myself in this situation over the last few years where I want something that is in large part outside of my spectrum of control. It's really just dependent on divine timing and other people. I have appeased myself by thinking that this is a life lesson in learning patience, and I have been congratulating myself for being so patient. But it dawns on me today that while I am outwardly expressing patience (i.e.; just letting things unfold and not stomping my feet and acting like a child about it, not pressuring anyone else to do what I want just to satisfy my own desires) inwardly I am having a little temper tantrum about it 75% of the time.
I'm curious about lessons other people have learned around finding that patience within yourself. So what does it mean to really be patient, both on the inside and on the outside? What lessons have you learned in your life that help you to wait patiently without tearing yourself apart on the inside?
I'm curious about lessons other people have learned around finding that patience within yourself. So what does it mean to really be patient, both on the inside and on the outside? What lessons have you learned in your life that help you to wait patiently without tearing yourself apart on the inside?
Posted by RedbullThis is where I am getting stuck right now. I have made tons of progress in other areas of my life and now I find myself in a position where I have the job I've always wanted, I am in a living situation that I love...everything is going really well. And suddenly I'm looking at this one thing that I've been waiting for while I worked on all these other things and I am finding myself entirely consumed by it. My girlfriends say "take a class", "find a new hobby" but I feel like that is just masking the primary problem. That it's just keeping busy. I feel like it should just be okay to "be" with the discomfort of the unknown and the "wait and see" without trying to mask it with incessant activity.
And not just being consumed by the wait but making progress there and elsewhere.
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