Tasting the goodness of life

Without a doubt, I'm the kind of person (type A personality) who loves the feeling of accomplishment, whether it's creating something or checking things off my to-do list. Though in some ways, this is good. The part that isn't is the push I give myself when I do it. It's almost like there's a steam roller inside me....Yikes!

 

For instance, I decided to make a raw chocolate raspberry cake today along with pumpkin pancakes for breakfast. I'm happy to say my joy in cooking is slowing reappearing again after months of burn-out. What I noticed about myself that I need to work on is my tendency to be so busy accomplishing my task that I forget the joy of the experience, and most importantly, savoring the taste of my efforts.

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Patience

Having fun with my dishes and a sharpie pen

 

The people who are most successful at living

and loving are those who can learn  to wait successfully.

Not many people enjoy waiting or learning patience...

Yet, waiting can be a powerful tool

that will help us accomplish much good.

Melody Beattie- Language of letting Go
 

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Trusting the process

 

Don't be disheartened if you're not where you'd like to be...

 if you've been working on self-improvement...

but feel like you're not getting anywhere...

know that being patient is part of the process.

You can't grow faster than you already are...

 but it doesn't mean that you not moving forward.
Keep putting one foot in front of the other...
have faith that all your hard efforts will pay off.

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"We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves;
otherwise we harden."
  
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 

"I trust the process"



Faith and patience

 I tried to get a better view of the butterfly, but now I'm glad I didn't get my way. I like how the camera picked up other colors like green and pink/red.

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I remember as a child going on car trips and bugging my parents with questions like "Are we there yet? How much farther is it?" I was in a hurry...to get somewhere...most of time it was my grandparents house...I was excited to get there...but also didn't like being cooped up in the car...I still don't...I avoid road trips as much as possible.

Today I'm more patient... but can still fall in the trap of wanting things to happen faster than they're suppose to...thinking I should be somewhere I'm not ready to be...on my spiritual journey.

I had to remind myself this morning to be grateful...to have faith...reading this prayer by

Teresa of Avila helped....

                                                                               O Lord....

If I do my best, I will be victorious,

I will fly,

but not before you give me wings.

Grant me patience.

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“The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation

but your thoughts about it.”   

Eckhard Tolle

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"I am exactly where I'm suppose to be"