Patient
Posted by moonimus on Feb 11, 2008
“bearing provocation, annoyance, misfortune, delay, hardship, pain, etc., with fortitude and calm and without complaint, anger, or the like.” - dictionary.com
“I cannot teach him. The boy has no patience.” - Yoda
I’ve blogged before about my motivation and how I usually burn out due to settling for quick bouts of progress. I was updating our financial data into Open Office and though it’s only been two months, I’m proud of the decision and progress we have made. I smiled from the fact that we have $1,000 in our emergency fund. For the first time, we are allocating money for other purposes such as a Christmas fund or other mini financial goals.
Sometimes, I wish I could complete all our financial goals with one mighty stroke. But I’m sure that it was this kind of “get rich quick” mentality that has probably gotten me into financial trouble. When I was younger, results seemed to be so concrete, so easily attained. But the world was also black and white then. Somehow with the passage of time, focus was lost and the shades of gray blended into a content mediocrity.
Now, I’m just trying to be patient with the process. This goes for my weight loss too. I need to take the thirty year view, not the thirty second one. I have to learn how to forgive myself for falling off the path. This post at 43 Folders taught me that forgiveness is a powerful, liberating force. Mistakes will be made, lessons will be learned and I just have to deal with myself and move forward. I should be happy in making any progress, no matter how small. Eventually when those small changes compound, I’ll probably notice how far we’ve come.
A good friend of mine once wrote that, “Genius is in the details.” I’m striving to learn that lesson everyday.
