PATIENCE SURE IS A VIRTUE

I recall growing up as an ants-in-my-pants kind of girl…not the fidgety type that can’t sit still in a chair (although, I’m sure I was guilty of that at more than a few times in my childhood)…but the kind that made me always want to move on to the next step. Whether it be arts and crafts…”been there, done that….now lets learn the next cool trick!” I like learning new things and once I had the basic principle of a skill down, I always wanted to take a giant leap ahead to being the master. I was impatient…I wanted to do the most complex thing I could possibly do with my new found BASIC skills. Whenever there is something I wanted to learn, I’d ask someone to teach me.

I remember being fascinated by french braids, and one day asking my mom, “How the heck do you make those?!” She smiled, and motioned in the air with her hands…”You take three pieces of hair and *simulated braid*” No hair was involved what so ever. I took that visual and ran to look for my barbies (I didn’t have many of them, and at a very young age  I’m pretty sure I  had gender issues…because I named my very first barbie, ‘Mr.’ Don’t ask me why…) So, I took that barbie hair and did what my mom showed me in her lovely french braid demonstration. And yippeeee! I ended up making french braids forever and always…and right away taught myself how to do it on my own hair.

I like to visualize far in advance…about life in general. Sometimes, a little too far in advance…and it makes me impatient. I imagine all the amazing things that could happen in my future…things that I know are possible…and I get that ants-in-the-pants syndrome again. Is it so bad to want what I imagine…NOW?   Thankfully, as I’ve gotten older, I’ve learned to channel that impatience and turn it into bettering myself in all ways possible. That usually speeds up the improvement process. Maybe that’s what we all really want… fast improvement…for everything.

I’m excited for the road ahead because I see so much great things in all aspects of my life. AH…crazy to think that two years…even one year from now, things will be considerably different. It’s going to be a process I will no doubt enjoy…and of course there will be bumps here and there. But, with love and patience…I’ve got my bases covered…or at least they WILL be covered…soon…or soon-ISH.

God is love… So, I’ve got God (love), and the patience (alright…I’m still getting there, okay!) to give me comfort 

Enjoy the cute turtles I saw in a pet store last weekend. Awesome animals, they are. Slow and steady wins the race…? We’ll see…

*I added an English Proverb that stuck in my head…I found it somewhere…probably off of google sometime back…who knows.