Aggressive Patience.

Patience for me by far has been one of the hardest things I am trying to overcome but I am taking it day by day and learning to work in peace.  As kids and even as adults we are just so impatient with everything.  We want what we want when we want it no ifs ands or buts about, so goes the saying.  I remember as a child we moved to Arizona for a little bit and frequently drove back to Los Angeles to see family, but this one year it was going to be different.  This drive up to Los Angeles also included a trip to Disneyland.  Oh we were all excited, my sisters and I couldn't sleep.  We couldn't wait to get to Disneyland and ride all the rides and get sick off churros.  See the drive from Phoenix to Los Angeles takes about 6 hours and we were so excited and couldn't wait my siblings and I stayed awake for the whole drive.  We were loaded up on sugar and adrenaline and we didn't want to miss out on anything.  Well, we finally made it to Disneyland and for the first couple of hours we were all over the place, but soon we all started getting so tired.  The yawns were just moving from one person to the next and soon all we wanted to do was lay down.  Then, our parents looking at us and saying this is why we told you all to get rest so you would be ready for this day.  See we were so excited for the final destination (Disneyland) we forgot the little things leading up to it to ensure that we could enjoy the whole day.  Instead of getting proper rest the week leading up to the trip and the day of the trip we decided to focus on Disneyland.  If we would have done the little things like sleeping we could have enjoyed the trip, but we were just too impatient and excited for the end.

This is like many of us in our lives now, we are so excited for the final destination we forgo the daily small things and just focus on the final outcome.  While we focus on the final outcome we bring on stress and anxiety anticipating the end while forgetting small details along the way.  Impatience brings on the stress and anxiety that all together could be avoided if we learn to be patient for the final outcome.  We have to change our mindset and be aggressively patient, aggressively doing the daily small things while patiently awaiting the final outcome.  As long as you keep doing the daily small things consistently the end will come and will come as designed.  By doing this you will learn to work more in peace and joy knowing that soon it will all come together.  Change your impatience into aggressive patience and enjoy the process along the way.