Patience

patience: noun, to accept or tolerate delay, trouble or suffering without getting upset or angry.

Patience is something I am not very good at, but I am a work in progress. As I move through recovery after surgery, I am working at patience every day. Patience: for a new way to be active while healing, for understanding that daily living skills take me longer, for people who don't understand the surgical procedure and the healing process, and healing.

I have sat back (because I have so much time!) and watched as life moves on and see that as a society we are all impatient. But why? Why do we all have so much trouble tolerating delay? Maybe we could flip that thought and move toward living more in the moment, being present for our lives.

I will continue to work on patience, trying to live fully in the present, and maybe even enjoy the delay.

Bo