my journey of patience

I've always known I'm not a patient person and in many areas of my life, mainly professionally, that's actually served me well. When I put my mind to something, I make it happen. I'm rarely in "waiting" mode as I believe there's always something that can be done. I have no problem taking initiative.

But what about the situations that require patience - like matters of the heart? What about when the timing isn't quite right and you're left to let time pass - which is 100% against your grain - and see what time presents and reveals instead of trying to skip over the time? This is where I've historically always been bad - staying in the present and being patient in the present and trusting that the future will play out as it's meant to vs trying to make the future happen sooner than it's meant to, if it's meant to at all.

So I find myself on my own journey of patience right now in way I've never quite experienced. For one of the few times in my life I've discovered something that my heart and soul are telling me is SO worth the wait, but there is no question that there IS a waiting period. And we all know there is nothing worse than feeling like you're waiting when you know there's no getting around the "waiting period" or when you're me - someone who doesn't wait for anything.

I'm finding myself working on framing this through a lens that better serves me because the idea of "waiting" really doesn't. So instead of waiting, I'm trusting. And instead of doing nothing, I'm living with my eyes wide open to all that's around me. And most of all instead of thinking, I'm feeling - letting my heart speak way louder than my head. And each of those things are keeping me grounded, which so far seems quite remarkable. And that in and of itself is telling me that some things really are worth the wait...