Perfect Poise, Perfect Life
Bring your body into balance and revolutionise your life
By Noel Kingsley
Publisher Hodder Mobius
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More on 'Patience'
While I'm talking about patience, there are a few other considerations that come to mind.
Patience can be a damned hard quality to muster up sometimes when things aren’t working out the way we’d hoped. Our ability to be patient is closely linked to our levels of stress, our upbringing and early life’s experiences. However when things don’t seem to work out the way we’d planned, it may be for a reason that we are not aware of and have no influence over. If we are interacting with our surroundings and everyone else, then there are many influences on us and our activities. The timing may simply not be right for us at this moment. Things take the time they take. There is no rationalising why things happen when they do, or don’t when we want them too. We must remember that we are not alone in the equation, and many other people and situations are likely to be affected. The Universe will provide when the time is right, for the good of all. There is no benefit in getting all hot and bothered about it and we may be better having a slightly more laid back attitude. Use the opportunity to attend to something completely different. If it’s not working out as planned, consider whether an alternative approach may be appropriate.
On the other hand, we could set ourselves an improbable deadline to achieve something, just to get it done. So if you give yourself five days, it will take that long to do it. Parkinson’s Law says ‘Work expands to fill the time available for its completion’. However, if we give ourselves only one day to do it, we may still get it done, even if we have to enlist the help of others. By taking this approach does not mean that we’re making an impatient approach to the task, but simply setting a short deadline! We can still be relaxed about it!
Patience may be a virtue, and so is persistence. This does not necessarily conflict with the concept of ‘going with the flow’, but you can be persistent in mind so that you do eventually get what you want. Just because you do not succeed the first time stick with it, and ‘listen’ to the feedback you get from people around you and the outcome of your endeavours. Yes, we can ask for something, but maybe we should pause before asking again. By pushing forcefully you may not get the response you’d hope for. Give your actions time, and allow others to respond in their own way and if after a reasonable time, another request or attempt may be warranted. This may be a little bit like line fishing. Now I’m not a fisherman, but I understand that when a fish is nibbling at the bait, then there is a great skill in teasing the fish by ‘give and take’ actions on the line. Ask, then wait, ask and tease a bit more, then wait. Eventually the patient angler will reap the rewards.
