NaBloPoMo 2021
How do you cultivate patience when you happen to be
A type A, go-getter, always-in-a-hurry kind of personality
When people do not catch up to your speed
When you have to wait to fulfill your need
How do you maintain calm and take things in your stride
How do you stop yourself from seething inside
This is a question to which I am trying to find
Answers that are realistic for my racing mind..
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I know it starts with adequate sleep
(A promise I make to myself and cannot keep)
Adequate hydration and nourishing meals
Are next in line to keep one even-keel
A work-life balance which appears reasonable
Is imperative but frequently, not attainable
Developing a hobby, practicing mindfulness
Can help develop patience for times of duress
Spending time alone to daydream
(Which often a waste of productivity does seem)
Can help one get centered and be patient
All these strategies help to some extent..
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The most important way to have a patient attitude
Is, by far, to live life with a feeling of gratitude
To be reminded that each day is a gift
To experience life, to improve and uplift
Even when sleep, food, leisure time fall short
Channeling gratitude in a sticky situation often helps me abort
The impatience that threatens to escalate
It helps me get to a much calmer state
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I am an impatient person, and I won’t lie
To be patient, harder I have to try
Small improvements with daily practice come
Eventually I hope a patient human being I become
Passion...unbridled 