A personal weakness that I wish to overcome this year is impatience. I suppose I've always been somewhat impatience but, now, better understand how little is in my hands as well as the value of doing my work and stepping back.
On a more spiritual level, I think of an aphorism by Kafka on this subject, (from his Octavo Notebooks):
"There are two cardinal sins from which all the others derive: impatience and laziness. It was because of impatience that they were expelled from Paradise; it is because of laziness that they do not return. Yet perhaps there is only one major sin: impatience. Because of impatience they were expelled, because of impatience they do not return."
I'm beginning to view impatience as a sort of sin, too, akin to stealing fruit from one's own Paradise before it has ripened and, in turn, cheating oneself of a fuller sweetness that they might have experienced, later.
Here's another wise echo, from Lao tzu — 'Do you have the patience to wait/ Till your mud settles and the water is clear?/ Can you remain unmoving/ Till the right action arises by itself?'
I wish for 2018, and beyond, to exercise greater restraint as well as Trust in life and its bounty — awaiting those who wait :)
I hope you can overcome this. Thank you for participating!
Thanks, for the chance to share & good you do for the community, @futurethinker. 🙏🏼
Oh I'm very familiar with impatience =). I can relate to this very much. I constantly have to remind myself to relax and let things come in due time without pushing or pressuring. Good luck with fighting yours and thanks for participating!
Thanks, for your understanding, @evecab. The upside is that one wants to do more, keep moving - the low side is one does not appreciate what they have and exists in a state of generalized anxiety.. Deep breathing helps and, as you say, reminding myself to relax and let go. Happy MLK Day :)
yeah exactly! You live in the "next" as opposed to the "now" =)