Patience
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Episode 18 – Patience
Introduction:
Welcome to Awareness for Everyone, A Podcast about Conscious Reality Creation, and living the best lives we can for ourselves. I am MJ Blehart, writer, blogger, editor, and 21st century philosopher. Welcome to Episode 18 – Patience.
Part 1: Why is patience important?
Being present in the here-and-now
Because in being more mindful and working to better consciously create reality as I would like, having some patience goes a long way.
Like attracts like. If I am feeling negative, what do you think I am drawing in?
Part 2: Patience, impatience, getting stuff done
Our Quick-Fix Society
Taking time rather than rushing
No quick-fixes
When it is all about becoming a better you, then patience can go a long ways towards your overall health and wellbeing. When you are more patient, you might also see alternatives that could be missed through impatience.
Part 3: Developing more patience and being less rigid
What can you do to build patience?
This is rather challenging, but I have come up with a few ways to work on being more patient. All of them involve being more present in the now.
- Breathe. Practicing deliberate breathing can slow down the heart and calm the nerves. It also brings your focus into the now.
- Meditate. Meditation is practicing mindful stillness and keeps you focused on the here-and-now.
- Question impatience. When you start to feel impatient, ask yourself why. You might find that your impatience is unrelated to what you are feeling impatient about.
- Distract Yourself. Take a walk. Watch a video. Read a book. It’s preferable to find a distraction that is productive over one that is wasteful.
- Pause and Reflect. This is more instantaneous than meditating, it’s a moment in time to consider your goal, and why you are feeling impatient. This can lessen that feeling.
Recognizing and dealing with fear masking itself in impatience.
Closing:
Thank you for listening to Episode 18 of Awareness for Everyone, A Podcast about Conscious Reality Creation, and living the best lives we can for ourselves. I want to thank Fe Mahoney, the artist who created my amazing cover art. If you would like to commission work from her, contact her at veinsofink2017@gmail.com. You can reach me via Facebook at blehartmj, or Twitter at mjblehart, or e mail me at author@mjblehart.com. Please take a moment to check out my blog, The Ramblings of the Titanium Don, at titaniumdon.com, and now at Medium.com as MJ Blehart as well. Thank you, and I hope you are discovering how mindful awareness is something you can practice to improve your life.
