January 23, 2008
Patience. WTF?
So what is this strange thing you wise ones call patience? How do some people seem to have a natural grace and quietude, while others of us thrash around like bees trapped in jars? Patience. WTF? Does it taste like chicken? Is it better salty or sweet? Thus far in my life, I’ve been action Jacqueline… If something isn’t working, POOF, onto something else. Children notwithstanding, of course. New job, new house, new clothes, new exercise program.
Well, it is quite clear where this approach has gotten me. To be fair, this isn’t such a bad place. I’m forced into a healthy (like Castor Oil) holding pattern, as I review, reflect and digest my life choices thus far. Step Four in the Twelve Steps is “Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.”
Can you imagine?
I couldn’t. Not until now anyway.
So patience. It’s new. It’s different. It’s the last ever-loving thing I’ve ever wanted to try….
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Got any to spare, sister?
Patience is one thing I have very little of, no matter how much I try.
January 23rd, 2008 at 2:24 pmI have no patience. My mom used to say I wanted everything yesterday.
January 23rd, 2008 at 2:34 pmFact: You can be “action Jacqueline” and have patience.
January 23rd, 2008 at 3:24 pmI just wrote today that patience isn’t a virtue. It’s a pain in my ass.
January 23rd, 2008 at 6:11 pmI totally agree with what I think Paige is saying. You can stay quite busy while being patient. Besides, if you have kids you already know about patience since it is an apparently inescapable part of living with a 3-year-old.
If you are referring to being patient with yourself, sorry. All bets are off on that one in my world. I’m still looking for the magic bullet to calm me down about me.
January 23rd, 2008 at 10:55 pmLet me know how that patience thing works out. I’ve never tried it myself.
January 24th, 2008 at 2:47 amI was born without this patience thingy. You will find it when your younger one starts school!
January 25th, 2008 at 4:56 pmhttp://a-mothers-garden-of-verses.blogspot.com/2006/08/patience.html
January 28th, 2008 at 10:24 pm