Language of Letting Go - April 6 - Patience
 

You are reading from the book The Language of Letting Go

Patience

How sick and tired we may become of people telling us to be patient or to learn patience. How frustrating it can be to want to finally have something, or to move forward, and then not have that happen. How irritating to have someone tell us to wait while our needs have not been met and were in the midst of anxiety, frustration, and inaction.

Do not confuse the suggestion to be patient with the old rule about not having feelings.

Being patient does not mean we go through the sometimes-grueling process of life and recovery without having feelings! Feel the frustration. Feel the impatience. Get as angry as you need to about not having your needs met. Feel your fear.

Controlling our feelings will not control the process!

We find patience by surrendering to our feelings. Patience cannot be forced. It is a gift, one that closely follows acceptance and gratitude. When we work through our feelings to fully accept who we are and what we have, we will be ready to be and have more.

Today, I will let myself have my feelings while I practice patience.

From The Language of Letting Go by Melody Beattie ©1990, Hazelden Foundation.

Of acceptance, gratitude and patience, patience is the one I struggle with most, even today. I never was a good "waiter" perhaps that's why I was so driven by my codependency, because of an urgency to resolve everything NOW.

Today when I begin to feel impatient, I need to take a break, gather some peace in my heart and remember that life unfolds exactly as it is supposed to and that God's time may not be my time, but He is never late.

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wow, this is a great one, thank you!

Patience! That is exactly the word. By the end of last week when I felt myself truly and wholly let go of this situation, I now can patiently wait to see what unfolds. Not that I don't have steps and things to do along the way, but I accept that everything will happen in its own time the way it's supposed to and I can't hurry it along. I have the patience for this today!

Thanks for the reading Ann!