Tues. chip-patience/impatience

[Lin]

patience or impatience?

at work I am usually quite PATIENT. But yesterday I was thrown a curve. It had been suggested we use a program called MadMath Minutes. The more I looked at it the more "mad" i seemed to become. (mad as in insane not in angry) The program gives the students exactly one minute to solve 30 problems. The you ahve to check those 24 papers. THEn the next day, depending on their score...perfect or not perfect, it decides what test THAT student takes the next day. I was handed it yesterday jsut as school began and expected to start. I had to digest and figure how I woudl personally manage the record keeping. I got a bit impatient with it all...not sure if I was impatient with myself, with the idea I felt forced to change hos I've done things in the past, impatient that I could see down the road that I could have a class taking 20 or so different tests at the same time. By the end of the day I had a plan devised and I was ready to dive into it. (In the middle of it all I had a note from a parent about a child who woudl not be there all week and I was also trying to get his owrk together and give him things I had not even run off yet.

Patience? I
ll sure give it a good try TORAY. today is another day. Yesterday is over. I met that challenge and I am sure when it gets to be 20 different tests i will also meet THAT one.

Are you patient or impatient?

LIN

[lildee]

Morning Lin,

Read your "Math woes" but this reminds me of a program that I used for reading when I was in school. For me I loved it. I was able to work at my own pace, and those that needed extra help were able to get it from the teacher while the rest of us were busy. Thinking of it as an aid for you will help.... it's all in the attitude.

Patience/ Impatience
This chip I have been working non- stop since hubby got sick. (Both with his addiction and his recent hospitalization.) For me being patient and backing off has given him the opportunity to move at whatever pace he needs both in his recovery and health wise. Being patient has allowed me to grow and accept things for what they are and not force any situation. I am just grateful that the old bugger is here and moving like a "turtle" rather than pushing up daisies. Patience for me has not come easy, but acceptance and gratitude has gone a long way in learning how to be a lot more patient. Accepting the fact that I can't change a whole lot in this world has altered my way of thinking. Now with hubby's leg woes there is little that can change it, accepting that he may be on meds for a minimum of 6 months to a year, that he may go on disability, whatever the outcome of this is , it is patience and God's will that will get me through.

They say that patience is a virtue. Well in that virtue we find our own humility and connection with God.

Love & God Bless
Arlene

[caressa]

This morning was one of impatience. I woke up, rolled over for 40 winks and didn't get out of bed until the last minute, which in truth were minutes really to late to ensure that I would make my bus connection. I scrambled and got dressed, dashed out the door, got the bus and the bus driver had the nerve to stop at a variety store before he got to the stop I needed to make my connection. So I thought, okay you can catch the next bus even though you will be late and a bus didn't come along until it was too late to make the second connection. When a bus did arrive, there were three of them. The first two went by, dropping passengers off on the other side of the light, leave the third bus to pick us (a man with a walker) up. I flagged the second bus after the first one didn't stop but they both went by. The third bus was not wheelchair accessible and the man with the walker had to climb two high steps into the bus and he was in a lot of pain. I ended up phoning the bus line and complaining. The bus didn't stop when I tried to flag it down but it was more for the other gentleman that I made the call. I told the woman on the phone that I found the act very mean spirited.

I was planning to go to a morning meeting and then I planned to go to visit a friend, then go to the market. The great I had it all planned out but it seems like God made others plans and gave me a very strong hint that I was to come back home and not run away from the things needing to be done here. I have hardly turned on my computer all weekend and I spent a lot of it with my feet up reading, watching tennis or in my bed. So it looks like today is catch up time and I need to be patient and let things unfold as they should be rather than as I would have them be.

[Lin]

Good to hear from you both.

I think it was mean spirited also.I woudl also have called and complained.

And lildee...having a man at home under feet all day is not so pleasant. GLad you are finding ways to be PATIENT.

LIN