While I saw the waves crashing against these rocks, i realised how difficult it is for a person to be patient with their own self. Our ego, pride,persona all feels threatened when we feel we are not meeting our expectation.When ego takes hold,patience seems a far off thought, words and feeling crash out of your mouth like these waves.And when this happens we realise that we start treating ourselves with disrespect cos of our actions.
The truth is that we are not skilled enough to handle the situation hence we end up not meeting our expectation. Let's see , we might have spoken to a loved one in a manner we later realised was unkind.May be you burnt your food today.May be you had a miserable day with your boss, so had we been more skillful in our approach we might have done better and would have had higher self esteem.
We should realise there is no quick fix to this problem cos it requires careful observation and understanding of the situation.You need to be very honest with yourself. You need to look deeper into self. Answer according to me would be through meditation. During meditation we learn to bring our thoughts to a cohesive state and understand the reason for our attitude, we then focus on our feelings,its related thoughts our physical actions following it and are able to analyse it. We spend more time in a relaxed state trying to stay with this thought. Many of us are impatient with ourselves that we do not take care of our body and mind. We are not aware of our surroundings.Without a sense of gratitude,graciousness and a level of acceptance we end up living in a constant state of dissatisfaction.
Let there be lightness within you. Look at what motivates you to be patient, focus on it.Take it week by week. Give it time to sink in.Be compassionate with yourself. You will soon see you are developing patience and learn to be like the rock that I saw who took the hitting of the waves.
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