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Post by BW on Mar 25, 2012 23:33:08 GMT -5
Was sitting here reflecting and thinking about the meeting and the shares as I often do and had a few other thoughts about patience .
A mother patiently waits for a baby to say their first words or take their first step then celebrates such. Such as it is with God as He waits patiently for us to acknowledge Him. as we come into the rooms of recovery I imagine HE rejoices that we have found a solution to life.
I would also imagine He rejopices and celebrates each and every time we take a tentative step in our discovery of all of His many blessings for our lives. Because He has been so very patient in wanting us to discover His mercy, His forgiveness, His gifts and all the tremendous wonderful things that are just too many to list, including the beauty of the persons that we are that we hid from ourselves and the caring beautiful persons in our lives.
I would imagine He danced with glee when we discovered that we could surrender to Him the guilt and shame that we carried for so long that He patiently waited for us to give to Him.
Yes..patience...We cried out with impatience that He wasn't working fast enough...Yet wasn't it us that was hanging on for so long.
Isn't it time to cut the strings and let go and let God..
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Post by SunnyGirl on Mar 26, 2012 13:40:57 GMT -5
Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us BW, well
said my friend.
I know from the moment my children were conceived,
I loved them! This is what helped me with the morning
sickness, aching back. I suffered thru the pregnancy
with patience, as that tiny child grew from the size of
a grain of sand to a fully formed infant. My reward was
the amazing gift of life.... and three wonderful children!
I know that God loves us from the moment we are
conceived until the day we die. My children caused me
pain and heart break, but I know that HE suffered with
me. As toddlers, I tried to be patient with the broken
vases and constant activities they found just to annoy
me. I patiently survived the terrible 2's and it paved
the way to their teens which were sometimes like a
bad dream. I lost my patience with them, but God never
lost his patience with me. I believe it was a loving patient
God that led me to recovery, where I found patient friends
that helped me when I stumbled.
I'm still working on my patience, like the road to recovery,
the journey is a life time path we're on. Patience gets me
over the bumps in the roads and the unexpected things
that occur in our lives each day. I can sometimes picture
God giving a little chuckle and saying "patience my child,
good things come to those that wait".... so I will wait
and work on my patience each day and thank HIM for the
happiness I have in my life today!
Peace on the journey, SG
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Post by caressa on Mar 30, 2012 1:53:31 GMT -5
Have very little, but better than it use to me. I think a lot of my lack of patience, comes from expectations. I learned to lower them, but haven't stopped applying them. I expect to do my best. I expect to do a good job. I have very little patience with myself for doing less than and not measuring up to what I feel I should do.
Extreme lack of patience with people who I figure should know better, especially when they are in the program. I forget that not everybody is in the same place, comes from the same place, or practices the program in the same way.
Waiting has never been one of my strong points. I don't do it well. I find it to be a sign of disrespect. I had a chuckle at myself the other day, I had someone cut in front of me with my walker and stopped. I wanted to tell them, "When you cut in front of someone you are suppose to keep moving." If I had opened my mouth, especially in the past, I would have added a few choice words. Holding my tongue can be as difficult to do as any other thing that comes along and asks me to be patient and tolerant.
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Post by BW on Apr 1, 2012 13:39:10 GMT -5
Just needed to add another thought on this when I am ill I am not as patient or when I am in violation of H.A.L.T I am less likely to be patient as well. So it is important to keep a check on my physical status as well as the emotional and spiritual to remain in balance.
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Post by caressa on Apr 3, 2012 23:04:07 GMT -5
Thought of this post today because I had a lot of things to tolerate today, and it seemed like everything I went to do or everywhere I went to go, I had to wait. I just missed two buses and had to wait half an hour. Normally, I have a book along, but had left it at home and didn't go to the library until later. I was checking out and I asked about the special on butter, and found out that they had it, but it was in a display at the end of the aisle and I hadn't walked that far, so had to wait for them to replace what I bought with the ones on sale. As a result, I missed the bus on the way home and had another wait. Went downtown after I put my groceries away, and had to wait in Denninger's, in line and then when it was my turn, a lady who butted in front of me. I got a phone call from the hospital and was put on hold and was serenaded. Tonight at bridge we had a couple of slow opponents. It was just one of those days. Lots of things to tolerate, so you can practice your patience.
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Post by majestyjo on Nov 5, 2019 23:35:39 GMT -5
Patience has come up quite a lot the last few days. My lack of patience and the times I needed patience. Even had people share on patience to remind me that I needed to be patient. 😘
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. I will be back looking for Lin and others.