IS PATIENCE ONE OF YOUR VIRTUES?

Is patience one of your virtues?

Today marks the beginning of a period where the workload has become less and I am sitting at my laptop thinking, hurrah finally time for a blog.

I was thinking the other day (in amongst about a thousand other things) about patience. I have definitely come to the conclusion that it is not one of my fortes. Did you know by the way that we receive on average about 70.000 impulses per day? Things we either see, hear, say or feel. All these impulses make for a very busy day as well and it’s important that we don’t fill up our systems with things that in fact are not important. Just think for a moment what happens during a normal average day in your life. What do you do, probably if you are like me; rush around from the moment you wake up until you finally rest your head on the pillow at night. And then getting my brain to go to sleep as well, not easy when there are so many thoughts and ideas racing around it.

Having spent the majority of my life learning to listen to that little voice within and watch for any signs or synchronicities that the universe sends my way, it is often really hard when you know you want something to happen to then find the patience to wait for exactly the right moment.

And when is the right moment?

Do you like me continually see double numbers whenever you look at the clock, you also see registration numbers on cars that either spells a name or the number sequence is familiar. You are thinking about a friend and then suddenly the phone rings and it’s them? The universe is constantly giving us signs to show us the way; you could call it a 'universal Tom Tom'. When you are looking for a path, perhaps changing direction or even making a big decision in your life, the universe will always come up trumps and has something to say. And it will guide you in the right direction too!!

That little voice inside which always speaks!

To be perfectly honest I have no idea whatsoever where this year has gone so far. When I look back at how many blogs I wrote in 2016, this year have only been one or two. I love writing. But I have been so incredibly busy, firstly with my own book (The Blue House – published in February). A book that I wrote in the space on just one month! Then two very large projects to work on for others and today is I think the first day in a long time that everything is done and suddenly I am feeling – I have time and here I am once more sitting at my laptop typing away. Yes yes, I know I am an addict on that score, my fingers love to fly across the keys.

Over the past months as well as my ‘work’ I have participated in three online courses. These have been life changing! Really I mean it. At the moment I am coming to the end of the third part and this has been going on for 100 days! And where have 100 days gone? No wonder the word ‘patience’ keeps coming up, that little voice inside saying ‘slow down, you don’t have to do everything all at once’. But I feel impatient, I feel that all the insights I have had over the past few months have taught me huge learning curves and now I want to implement my plans. (I will write another blog on this subject another time).

It’s actually been so long and I have been so busy I begin to wonder what my plans actually are?

No matter how much attention you may pay to signs and synchronicities and want to follow each and every thing that comes up, you still have to learn to be patient. Well I do!

Not saying it’s easy, but believe me there is a right moment for everything and remember the old saying: do something with speed and repent in leisure. Now who would want that?

Actually there are no hard and fast rules; the right moment will of course present itself at exactly the right time and more than likely a moment that I least expect. All you need to do (and these are very wise words) is ‘to let go and trust’.

In the meantime, I am trying to be patient, it is not one of my virtues, I am a person of action and moving, often too fast, but I want to get on with things. I want to do the things that make me feel passion, that feeling that I have to do something otherwise I will burst with impatience.

Every morning I have a little ritual that I do, I have a pack of power cards, which contain images and words painted and written by a friend of mine. I shuffle the cards and it is quite difficult because they are large and every single time the right card either falls out on the floor, or I pick it out of the pack with my eyes shut and when I read the message it contains I think, yes absolute right and it sets the theme for the day. I leave the card beside me all day and reflect either on the image or the words. Today I picked the card ‘Rest’.

It is time for a rest the card says, often asking too much of myself (correct!), doing too many things at the same time (correct!), not having enough rest either physically or emotionally (correct!), the realization that I don’t have to do absolutely everything myself. It is a sign that I should apply the breaks, (right now, yes OK I have heard you!) otherwise I will go beyond my boundaries! The card also means STOP!

Seems totally right then this week that I received a painting from the same friend entitled: Heal your Heart! Yes, now it’s time to concentrate on doing just that. The picture is just amazing and included in this blog for you to see.

In my life right now I am waiting (and believe me trying with as much patience as possible) for yet another lot of tests on my heart having recently changed medication completely and then at the end of the month, then it’s decision time! A small operation or not? The risks against the benefits and respecting the advice of the expert as opposed to the impatient me!!! (Who really thinks oh just get on with it!)?

Yes, patience is not one of my virtues, and really I would not want it to be, as I am a person of action, getting on with things, filled with enthusiasm and passion. A fire that burns continually in all conditions.

Is patience one of your virtues? Please send me feedback to my website email: wordpassion12@gmail.com.