While I'm in awe of these tree giants, if I were a tree, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be a Redwood. I'm a let's just hurry up and grow a couple hundred feet in a week kind of girl, not a let's work and grow a little at a time for the next 1,000 years!
I want my book written and done by the weekend, I want to change for the better over night., I want to learn that new skill or concept in an hour. Slow, almost imperceptible growth is tough for me.
So I've decided instead of gazing up at the 100 feet or so of growth ahead of me, I'm going to pay more attention to how far I've come and trust the Master Gardener that inch by inch, year by year, I'll grow to His liking.
Do you find waiting easy? What have you done to learn patience? How do you look at your own growth?
14 comments:
This is great. I had to learn to let go. Instant gratification does not exist. There is no magic pill. Yeah, I'm full of mantras. LOL. I learn something new everyday. That lets me know I'm growing.
I wrestle a lot with being a patient person. While I've come a long way, I have a long way to go. Sometimes getting wrapped up in something else helps when I'm waiting on something (works for the kids while we're waiting in line too) but sometimes it just takes a deep trust.
~ Wendy
I like to hurry up and wait! ;)
Oy, I'm no Redwood, sister!
E. Arroyo - Love the idea of letting go and learning something new every day!
Wendy - I think greater patience will be my life-long goal. :) Getting wrapped up in something else and maintaining that trust are both excellent ideas.
Jessica - I SO hear you! I often say that to my DH or myself - hurry up and wait. :)
Waiting in HARD. But, I have learned with my husband's career, (musician) that sometimes the waiting is what makes us better, and more prepared to finally do what we are meant to do. Still waiting is HARD ;0)
Jenny - Thanks for this - it's exactly what I needed to hear! :) I like the idea that even in the waiting we can still grow and become prepared for what we're meant to do.
I'm impossibly impatient, except for with my husband, who--for some reason--I have endless patience. Go figure?
Awesome post.
I was never one to wait. Patience was hard for me. But...I've learned that the best things come with time and patience.
It took YEARS to learn that all I need to do is do my part, trust and wait on God. He's never let me down for the next step or direction to take.
Like it or not, my writing gets better slowly. And when I don't think I've improved, I'll pull out something I haven't looked at in a while.
I tend to be impatient as well, since I'm such a project oriented person. I want something "done." But I have to remind myself that it's not just about the finished product, it's about the journey.
As I prepare to go to the UVU Book Academy next month (it was my first writing conference ever last year) and I think about how much I've learned and what wonderful people I've met in the last twelve months, I'm amazed with how different things are now.
However, I must say, that the slow, methodical thing definitely doesn't work with weight loss. I want it NOW! ;)
Loree - Well put and so very true!
Jolene - It's funny how I think I've written the best thing I can and then I start the next project and realize there are still lots of ways to improve.
Donna - LOL! Yes, weight loss is something that SHOULD come fast. :)
I love this analogy, Stacy! Waiting is never easy, is it? It's always worth it, though, when I have a breakthrough and can say, "Wow God, THAT'S why it had to happen that way."
Hah...I think I would be more like a weed, an impatient little wild flower. But one day, maybe I will learn patience.
Sarah - So true! I've seen that happen many times in my life.
Jessie - Love it! It just takes too much patience to improve impatience, doesn't it? :)
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