Patience is a Virtue Learned

One thing I love about my Kiddos is that they are the best teachers that I have ever had.

One of the lessons I have learned is "patience". I have always been a tolerant person, but my Kiddos have helped fine tune that tolerance into patience.

Tolerating something/someone means that you can wait for or put up with whatever, if you have to. You don't enjoy the situation so your mood will start to fray, as well as your nerves, the longer you wait or put up with the person or thing. You may begin to think, possibly mumble, unappreciative words about this person or thing. Your energy levels will lower and become heavier and greyer, which will in turn only make the situation only seem worse and possibly ruin your day.

Having my Kiddos has opened my eyes, and heart, to this trend. It is very easy to loose your grasp of patience with a child of any age. It is a very tough lesson to learn, but when you understand the concept of patience, harmony follows.

Being patient with a person or thing means that you do not loose your temper. You are calm and relaxed as you wait on or put up with the someone or something. Your thoughts stay in your control. Your energies are higher, lighter, and lovingly brighter and your day is experienced in wonder and compassion.

One thing my Kiddos have taught me, and I use this in many aspects of my life, is when I feel my patience slipping I breathe.

I stop, I close my eyes, and I breathe.

I vary it according to what I am doing, but it is generally the same technique. (You can't safely stop and close your eyes in the middle of the road after all!)

Energies shift and harmony and patience are set to right.

Bringing patience into your situations will ease stresses, calm nerves, and make you a more compassionate person. Not only will it shift your perception of the world, it will also shift how others perceive you as well.

Bringing patience into your life will also help you to realize that neither Spirit nor the World are "out to get you". Everything does happen for a reason, though we may not understand what at the time, but there is always a lesson in it all. Patience will help ease the sting of the lessons and help you to understand them easier.

Patience helps you live in compassion, love, and harmony.

Blessings and Love to All,
A.F.