Throughout my life, patience has been a formidable obstacle. I confess, there have been moments where I've wrestled with control, striving to propel events beyond their natural course. This futile endeavour, a symptom of my impatience, has been the source of much personal suffering.
I have found myself in this cycle, just waiting, often growing exasperated at others for not aligning with my expectations, for not advancing at the speed I desired. It was as if I was in an inner tug-of-war, struggling to understand why everyone wasn't seeing and doing things my way.
But I've come to understand that my way isn't always the right way. More than that, I've learned to trust - trust in the flow of life and the virtue of patience, trusting that things will occur exactly when they're meant to. This belief, this trust, is anchored in God's timing.
It's amazing how liberating it is to release the burden of expectations. The moment I stopped trying to dictate when things needed to happen was the moment things started to actually unfold in my life. Not always as I had planned or envisioned, but often better than I could have possibly imagined. It's humbling to realize that sometimes, the things I want to happen aren't necessarily the best for me.
Embracing the idea that everything doesn't have to happen right now has opened my eyes to an ocean of possibilities. Trusting the process, the flow, and the divine intelligence that orchestrates it all, has been incredibly fulfilling. This surrender, this acceptance of divine timing, it's a comfort that reassures me constantly.
I am confident that when I revisit these thoughts a year from now, I will find myself in a deeper place of peace, knowing I've made the right choice in surrendering to and trusting God's timing. I have faith that things will unfold as they should, in the time they should. And this faith, this patience, has brought me an indescribable happiness.
So here I stand, humbly learning and growing in my trust in God's perfect timing, discovering that this, indeed, is the art of patience.