One of my huge weaknesses I have always had with being a hyper and a control person has been with PATIENCE. That being said I have in real estate and in LIFE had to practice PATIENCE to an incredible extent.
Here is your little Patience 101 class to get better.
I start by saying I have been cursed with tangled fishing line and the longest lines to wait in of everyone at WalMart. Transactions in real estate that defy common sense the many ways they go off track. But year by year I get stronger in my weakest suit. The lessons:
- It is not entirely true that patience is a virtue. It can be an aggravation
- The best things come to those who wait. Not always. They can be scraps but you have to hustle up front and then see what happens.
- Do some diversions in your life clicking off the time when you are not making progress towards your goal. Music and goofing around with your smartphone come to mind.
- The graphic reminds us patience is also about order, NOT just this huge chunk of time you sit through. Expectations lead to disappointment so lower them. You don't know everything.
- Patience is TOTALLY about the unfolding of the petals on a rose as a visual. You water it, give it warmth, sunshine, and YET it does not unfold NOW, maybe even being a late bloomer.
- SO how do you become the best at patience? You give up control. Yes this is surrender, but this is GOOD SURRENDER for your sanity. You don't WAIT for things to happen, you make them happen BUT the key is you provide the stimulus, the hard work, THEN you let the unfolding occur IN ITS TIME, with all the zig zag obstacles thrown in your path, so in one word here at graduation of your PATIENCE CLASS it is about.......
- ACCEPTANCE
Now that you have your class in patience you will also find a very important side benefit of NOT forcing a square peg into a round hole, or rolling a boulder up a hill. INNER PEACE.
A TIME FOR EVERYTHING!!
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