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| Today I will learn patience. Step 59 |
IT IS VERY
DIFFICULT FOR A MIND THAT IS TORMENTED to be patient. It is very difficult for
a mind that is restless to be patient. It is very difficult for a mind that has
sought all of its worth from temporary things to be patient. Only in the
pursuit of something greater is patience necessary because it requires a
greater application. Think of your life in terms of long-term development, not
in terms of immediate sensation and gain. Knowledge is not merely stimulation.
It is the depth of power that is universal and eternal, and its greatness is
given to you to receive and to give.
PRACTICE EACH
HOUR TODAY affirming that you will learn to be patient and that you will become
observant of your life rather than critical of your life. Affirm that you will
become objective about your abilities and your circumstances so that you may
apply a greater certainty to them.
LEARN PATIENCE
TODAY AND PATIENTLY LEARN. In this way, you will move more quickly, more
certainly and more lovingly.
PRACTICE 59:
Hourly practice.
Picture: Waiting
for your ride at the airport is a great way to build the skill of patience.
Here, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) in Arlington County,
Virginia.
From the journal Step
58 - Knowledge is with me.
12:23
a.m. Tuesday, October 17, 2000 – for October 16, 2000
A
good birthday [54th]– with the
exception of a driving error – I must improve attention. At the Quality of Life
seminar @ Mary Washington College – Fredericksburg I saw Ed M… – gave him
the Regional Intelligence card; Bruce K…, Mark F…, Dan K…, Delegate
Steve L… – had good reactions from many. Good dinner at Hotel Strasburg –
Willard Scott was in the room with us having dinner and with his wife. We
didn't say anything. She/Cindy took that as an omen – a good one – I say okay. The lesson/step of the day was
"Knowledge is with me." I followed hints and had some good successes.
The
program, with Step 59 today, we learn is about the development of patience.
That has been a life-time project for me. My mother, age 90, says she is still
working on it.
Following is a picture of “Patience.”
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Patience
the rock - Shenandoah National Park
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For more than thirty years
I've been on a Journey to Patience. The path is here in pictures on
Pinterest. I later understood the process of going in and coming out
as a labyrinth walk.
From the Wikipedia labyrinth
page: “One can think of labyrinths as symbolic of pilgrimage; people can
walk the path, ascending toward salvation or enlightenment.”
Somewhere in your
environment, you may be able to find or create a labyrinth walk for yourself. Let us continue.
NNC
Note: If you’ve some interest due to this or other
Steps, you should go to the beginning blog post. From here you will learn about Steps to Knowledge
and can begin it on the day that makes sense; then progress as needed. You can
use the posts on this blog as a companion if it helps. They will remain in
order in the archives - one post per Step.
Often it takes 18 months to get through the Steps
once. For this blog, the pace is one-a-day, but it really makes no difference
how fast you do it, only that you begin, persist and repeat. Posts here provide
a trail that may let you have a virtual companion when and if you want one. One
may have to study alone, as I did in the beginning. There are other Steps
students blogging their experience and you might find a person more like you as
a companion, or use a number of such Steps journeys. There are options as well
through the Free School of the New Message.
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