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ravencat
thank you and well said. impatience is a burden we create for ourselves.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 8, 2005 at 1:49 PM
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Truer words have not been spoken
Good post, especially about mistakes. I try to look at mistakes as "mis--takes" - where the takes are missed. That way all I need is a "do over". Also like the "people offer us opportunities to learn patience." You are absolutely right. When I see others and get impatient, to get out of that way of thinking, I remind myself that what those folks are really doing is reminding me of
MY faults and what
I need to be correcting in my life at that moment. As Mother Teresa said...(paraphrasing here) it's not really about me & them, it's really about me & the Divine.
posted by
ravencat18
on September 8, 2005 at 11:05 AM
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Jomei
i was raised in that type of atmosphere, too. my whole family is overachievers. it really robs a person of her peace to think and act as if she isn't achieving, then time is wasted. it's taken me a long time to realize that balance is everything.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 8, 2005 at 4:07 AM
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calebs
you are perfectly normal. we are all that way, I think. i remember that when i deal with my kids. thank you for the response.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 8, 2005 at 4:05 AM
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St. Augustine
Reminds me of that quote:
'The reward for patience is patience'
Really good topic, well done. One of my lifelong dragons has been "You're missing out... what you're waiting for is not coming, just do what everyone else is doing or else!" It feels nice at times to feel like I'm not waiting for an outcome at all but just content to sit and be still. Thanks for the reminder.
posted by
Jomei
on September 8, 2005 at 1:36 AM
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Much Wisdom Here
Especially in the line "Fear of failure undermines patience, and what we are afraid of we will hold with more importance than the people we are interacting with. "
Sometimes I feel like I have some kind of split personality. I am a very creative, innovative, hard-working, passionate kind of guy when I'm surrounded by people where I feel like mistakes are "penalty free." When I'm surrounded by people who are quick to pounce on a mistake with an "I told you so" or "Why did you do it that way?" or some other way of putting me down for the mistake I clam up and figure it is just safer to not say anything or take any chances.
posted by
calebs_blogger
on September 7, 2005 at 7:14 PM
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Whacky46
Lord knows that I can relate to being a perfectionist. It is pure hell.
posted by
avant-garde
on September 7, 2005 at 5:09 PM
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ariala
I was working on the washer and broke the drain pipe that's in the wall. I was busily beating myself up and then I noticed that I was very impatient with my kids. What a lesson that was!
posted by
avant-garde
on September 7, 2005 at 5:08 PM
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God grant me patience...
RIGHT NOW! My problem is wanting things to be perfect. That is not really possible so patience goes out the window. Good post got me to thinkig.
posted by
Whacky
on September 7, 2005 at 4:23 PM
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avant-garde, very true! Hurry up and write some more! LOL
posted by
Ariala
on September 7, 2005 at 4:21 PM
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