Patience is not standing still and calling it wisdom.

Patience is not standing still and calling it wisdom.

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The Long Walk Home

Patience is not standing still and calling it wisdom.

Patience is moving when the road is ugly. It is taking one step when the next mile looks like it was designed by a committee of wolves. It is drinking water. It is tying your shoe. It is not arguing with the weather.

A life is not usually ruined in one afternoon, though some afternoons make a fine attempt. It is not usually repaired in one either. This is good news, even if it does not feel like it when you are tired.

You do not have to conquer the mountain today. Mountains are old and enjoy showing off. Let them have their rocks. Your work is smaller and more honest: get out of bed, answer the message, take the walk, make the meal, tell the truth, rest before you become dramatic.

Small steps are not glamorous. Nobody writes songs about putting the laundry away before it becomes a second family. Yet these small acts keep a person connected to life. They say: I am still here. I still believe tomorrow deserves a chair at the table.

The mind can be a noisy place. It likes to predict disaster with great confidence, as if it has a tiny suit and a weather map. Do not give every thought the keys to the car. Some thoughts are only passing through. Let them pass.

When you are healing, you may want proof that you are healing. You will search your heart for a flag, a trumpet, a parade. Most days, there is no parade. There is only a little more room to breathe. There is a moment when you laugh and do not feel guilty afterward. There is an hour when the old pain does not sit beside you.

That is progress.

Be patient with the person you are becoming. They are learning the route. They are carrying more than anyone can see. They may stumble. They may swear at a grocery bag that breaks at exactly the wrong time. This does not mean they are failing. It means they are human, and the groceries have made a tactical error.

Take the next small step.

Then take another.

One day you will look behind you and see that those ordinary steps carried you across a hard country. You will not be the same person patience season 3 release date who first stood at the edge of it. You will be gentler. Stronger. Less interested in proving anything.

And you will understand that patience was never waiting for life to begin.

It was the way you lived it.

Thank you for taking the time to read my copyright. May God bless you, your loved ones, and your family with peace, strength, health, and love.

With gratitude,

Roy Dawson

Earth Angel - Master Magical Healer - Singer-Songwriter - Poet - Prophet

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