The Art of Waiting

Sometimes the clock seems to stop when we expect it to keep moving. Sometimes we demand answers when there are none. Why do we insist on pushing when sometimes all we need to do is wait for the doors to open? I ask myself this question often. It’s hard to be patient but sometimes it’s the only way.

Sometimes the demand to move forward is so great that it feels as though it would make us explode if the first few steps weren’t taken. The pressure is real and intense, but can be withstood. How is it withstood, how is it overcome? Like any storm, it has to be waited out. If we stay strong though the storms we can walk out and feel the suns’ rays warm our body. The blue sky and sun break through the dark clouds, and nature settles.

Patience is not an easy thing to apply. To those who are used to getting everything done so quickly and efficiently it is even more difficult. To them it feels as though they are holding themselves back and everything is being sucked out of them. It consumes there mind and they have a hard time understanding why they can’t move forward.

To some it comes naturally and is somewhat easy for them to be patient. They are used to a slower pace and are usually more relaxed. They have a “Come what may” type of attitude and embrace challenges. Some people see these people procrastinators and lazy. I think there is a definite line between patience and procrastination.

So how do we find the strength to wait out the storm? How do we make what should be a trial a learning experience? How do we come out for the better? I can think of many answers to these questions but there is one that resonates. Attitude, it determines everything.

I know that there are close to a million quotes about how important attitude is and the benefits of having a good one. They are true, and it will probably take a million more quotes for some people to fully understand it. Some won’t ever understand no matter the millions of quotes that will be written in their lifetime.

Second, focus on the benefits that will come as you go through the hard times. Many times it is easy to find ways we are benefiting; sometimes it feels like it is impossible. When it feels like it is impossible we are more then likely looking for the things that we want to come from the trial, not necessarily what logically we will get from it. Stay focused on realistic benefits.

Last of all, ask for help. We all have family and friends and we should never feel like we can’t ask them for help. No one wants to be a hassle but we know that our loved ones are more then happy to help us, it just hard to accept that sometimes. It is why we have friends and family, they are there to help us. I know that I have been there for my loved ones and they would be there for me.

I know it’s hard to be patient, but it is worth it. I am a terrible example of patience but I try. I think I have done well in some cases and poorly in others, either way I have lots to improve on. I hope that this can help someone but if not it was a pretty good crash course for me.