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How do we become more patient with the world — and with ourselves?
“To understand patience or trust and other beautiful qualities is to hold them in a wide and loving heart with the fullness of our humanity. We become more patient and more trusting when we realize that trust also includes room to be impatient or to make mistakes, or to have things turn out in ways that we didn’t want or are not expected. Then we trust something bigger.” — Jack Kornfield
I’ve been working on a major project since I came back from my #yolopilgrimmage and I’ve been finding myself incredibly impatient with myself in terms of the progress.
Yes, there has been a huge outpouring of support and collaboration, which I’m so grateful and humbled by but it’s amazing that I still have this itch that I’m not doing enough.
It’s not only with work either.
I’ve been learning the harmonium, and it’s been a wonderful experience. I’ve always wanted to learn how to play an instrument and this is definitely fulfilling my teenage dreams of being a rockstar, particularly because the melodies that I’m learning are not that challenging. You play the notes at the rhythm you want to sing the mantra — which is truly dictated by you. What I find to be so fascinating is that through this process, I still find myself rushing, hitting the keys even before I’m singing…
