Patience: The Art Of Knowing How To Wait
Patience, that word again. Expected, desperate and confused word. Especially when we stumble into the uncertainty of not knowing when what we want will arrive.
Don’t get tired of waiting. The reward is waiting for your patience.
However, patience is more than waiting, it is a calm expectation, a kind of pause in our yearning. Patience does not numb us, it imposes itself on anguish and awakens us.
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
We find it difficult to understand this, but being patient is not carrying what makes us suffer and holding on until we can no longer, then explode. Patience is an art, responsible for freeing us from unnecessary emotional burdens and maintaining our peaceful state.
Eastern philosophies speak of the gift of patience as a force our mind uses to tell the rest of the body that everything will be right.
And the most beautiful things in the world require patience to clothe themselves with a halo of hope and enthusiasm. A complicated love, a physical preparation, ; that is
The one who waits and doesn’t despair finds the unexpected
We often believe that life tells us “no”, when in fact it is telling us “wait”. We get impatient and therefore our nervousness makes us make many mistakes.
Sometimes we get tired, our friends, partners or expectations irritate us, we don’t get anything we wanted, and we feel that life is not good for us.
Patience, a queen deposed by speed
He who persists wins. However, judging by the interest we place in cultivating and working this gift, patience is a queen who has lost her throne. They teach us to be first in everything, to beat our teammates, to run… and that’s it.
If you take things patiently, you will be left out of the game. However, the fact is that any success takes time and patience; these two are the only instruments that grant us certain abilities.
Work on patience to get to know yourself
The great sages are calm, patient and self-confident. This gives us the hint that by being patient we will look at the world with greater understanding and wisdom.
When we don’t work on the gift of patience, we behave impulsively and, without thinking, we create or aggravate our problems, missing out on many opportunities.
In fact, you need little to cultivate patience; everything is at your fingertips. We will comment on this shortly.
- Breathe
Deep breathing is always a good resource, helping us to reflect. When we take a few seconds to breathe, we are somehow offering a break for our internal dialogue.
- Find out why you are in such a hurry
Reflect on the reasons that make you impatient. If you’re overdoing it, rearrange your priorities. Thinking about it, even writing about it, will help you calm down.
- Find out what usually causes your impatience
It can be other people, stressful situations or yourself. However, just being aware will help reduce anxiety.
- Is your patience helpful or justified?
Answering this question sincerely will encourage your calm. Look for patterns and fearlessly consider letting go of what is not doing you good.
- Give it time and expect the unexpected
You have to understand that we can make thousands of plans, but things don’t always go our way. Accept that the world changes and will take hundreds of turns to get where we want. Be realistic in your expectations and understand others.
- Don’t be afraid of changes and don’t forget to rehearse
Practice makes perfect. Developing patience means leaving behind the bad habits we’ve lived with for a long time. So, like any learning, cultivating this gift requires perseverance; treat each attempt as a rehearsal.
