You might have noticed by now that I sometimes give myself a little "pep talk" at the beginning of the week. Today it is raining. I started the morning with a little grumpy inside-voice conversation. Definitely don't want that voice to translate outside.
Sometimes I make my own learning and living uncomfortable, even stressful, by having too high expectations about how fast a new idea can move forward. How fast a person (me or anyone else) can learn something new. When the timing expectations are not met, I become disappointed.
Thing is that learning often happens unexpectedly. Like life. And of course then it brings unexpected emotional and even physical reactions. I love and hate this part.
I need a little sense of humor with myself this morning. I'm digging deep for it here... Over the weekend I read a column in the Financial Times about about the cult and business of happiness taking place in the USA right now. Our culturally defining trait of "hope" being turned into book and seminar sales. And yet in the final conclusion, the FT US Managing Director Christia Freeland bought "optimism" if moderated with a little reality. It's the old "hope for the best, prepare for the worst, and pray for a miracle" perspective.
I will pray this week for the miracle of learning patience, hope it is possible, and prepare to keep my grumpy inside voice to myself!
Jill, you are so right as usual. We learn at a given speed and sometimes there's nothing we can do to change it. I hope your week was good. Mine has just ended :-)
How are your patience levels? Mine are shot....
Posted by: Helen Palmer | March 02, 2007 at 10:44 PM