There aren’t many more things more frustrating for a child to hear from a parent than, “You need to be patient.”
When we know what we want, and more importantly how it will make our lives better, being patient is really hard. We want to achieve our goal right now!
Impatience can lead us to getting ahead of ourselves, moving too quickly, and performing sloppily. This will lead to more work later.
When we are patient we make better choices and move forward more easily – and without having to clean up mistakes made in haste.
Today we are tapping for being more patient with ourselves and the process of moving toward our goals.
Being Patient
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There’s a part of me…That wants to be there…And be there right now…To have success…In big and small ways…And to have that success…Right now…And I truly appreciate that fact…That this part of me…That is rushing ahead…And is being impatient…Only wants what’s best for me…Only wants me to be healthy…Only wants me to happy…Only wants me to have what I need…And it’s natural…That I would get worried…That if I lose this energy…I’m going to stop moving at all…It feels like…The opposite of impatience…Is doing nothing…Is being static…Is not trying…But I give myself…And I give my entire system…Permission to know…That as I move forward…I can do it in such a way…Where I give each and everything…The time and attention that it needs…The time and attention that it deserves…If I give everything…The time and attention that it needs…I will continue to move…In a steady path…Toward my goals…In big and small ways…I give myself…Permission to be easy with myself…And easy with the process…As I move forward…It’s good that I want to get there…It’s good that I want to get there now…And when I rush…When I’m impatient…I make poor choices…And I get ahead of myself…Today, I’m going to consciously choose…To be present and patient…With every task…That I face…If I do this…I will move forward…In a way that makes me successful…Working towards my goals.
I really like this one! It touches on so many useful elements, stated and implied: the desire to “get there now”, how natural that impulse is and how it’s on our side, fear of going static, the importance of giving every element of the journey the time and care it needs . . . This is a keeper! Thank you.
Excellent! Thank-you!