Tuesday Chip--- Patience / Impatience

[SunnyGirl]

Tuesday Chip--- Patience / Impatience

When I was younger, I was extremely impatient! Now that
I am not so young, I am only moderately impatient. There
were times I was like a gerbil, so impatient I had to be doing
something, even if I was wrong. Today I know how important
It is to slow down.

I’ve discovered there is a stage between patient and impatient.
it’s called perseverance. I can change things, but I have to
start little by little and stay with it. My life, my problems, didn’t
happen over night and the things I need to change won’t
mystically disappear. It starts out “one day at a time”….

Being patient means I can endure difficulty or inconvenience
without being negatively affected by it. All I need to do is remain
calm and go with the flow. It means “If GOD led me to it, He’ll
Get me through it” I just have to be willing to learn the lesson
so I can move on! I just have to trust.....

To everything there is a season, and a time
for every matter or purpose under heaven.
Ecclesiastics 3:1

[caressa]

I try to practice patience. I think I have shared before, that when I find myself caught up in a hurry, I push the button on automatic doors and wait for them to open. Believe me, that is a test of patience for me. We have the community room in our building and I have never gone down there. With my computer, TV, and my books, I generally have enough to occupy myself if I decide not to go out. Today I made the decision to go down and be socialable. A lady in an automatic wheelchair played me a game of cribbage. I asked if they had a board. I was going to donate mine but they already had two. I ended up losing. The girly was behind for most of the game and then got some good hands to win. I had first count, needed three points and only had two in my hand. I couldn't even peg the extra point.

Another girl that I have known for years came in when she saw me. She said she had played the game and she would play the winner. It ended up she didn't remember anything about the game, didn't know she had to make 31 and she was going to play 2 cards at once. I made the mistake of telling her that I had taught a lady with grade 3 education to play the game. The woman went on to play in tournaments. When I suggested we stop the game because she didn't seem to be grasping it, she asked "do you think you could slow down and not talk so fast." I said, "Sorry, I don't think slow. I thought you knew the game." She said, "You taught the other lady." Your words do come back to you. I said, "Sorry I just don't have the patience and the energy to sit and teach you today." She said, "Wel you may not be active but your brain sure is." I said, "Yes sometimes too active for my own good." I thought what I was saying was quite clear and I just didn't have the patience to keep repeating myself. I realized that I have problems when people just look at you and give you back that 'duh!' look and they don't have a clue as to what you said. Looks like God and I have a lot of work to do in this area.

I got out of the lesson to say that I was coming to the internet cafe and had been waiting for it to open at 1 p.m. It is snowing quite heavily and I felt like I didn't want my own company and that I needed to get out of myself and be with others.