Patience is a Virtue 2

Part of me feels like I'm always trying to get a post written but I'm always putting it at the bottom of the list. And now, I've just come to the realization that I'm going to post when I can. Who says that I have to post every week and who says that I have to do anything at all. Enough with beating myself up!

Now onto the good stuff. In this entry I want to talk about patience with myself. After the last post, I got sick and it took a week to get better, and another week to get back in the routine of things - hence the delay. But that's besides the point. What I realized when I was sick laying in bed, was that in high school, I would plow through the fatigue, fever, sore throat or whatever illness I had at the time, and still do what I needed to do - which was go to school. But now, I find myself laying in bed the moment I feel sick; and I wondered why. This immediately brought me back to the book by Tony Robbins, Awaken the Giant Within, where he talks about values that we all have. It was then I realized my value of health was really low and practically non existent in high school, and now, it's a concern of mine. It's funny how the things we value shape our actions, our thoughts and our life.

Today, I find that I do not value partying, but I value family, health, love and my work. This shift, has me hang out with people that share the same values, which then you're surrounded with like minded people.

Now, there's nothing wrong with plowing through, or partying. It's just what that person values at that moment in time. That's all. And sometimes it takes something simple to happen to sit and rethink what's important. For me, it was getting sick. And recovery was making me very impatient. But the thing that bugged me most was that it took me almost two weeks to get back into the swing of things. In the fast pace world that I live in, to have something take two weeks is crazy. But I've come to realized that sometimes taking a step back or two, may be the best thing that will ever happen. Feeling like I took two steps back when it was just one step forward is not bad, it's just life. Especially today, where we don't stop to think that the world issues are really impacting our day to day activities.

So today, I leave you with one action item this weekend as we celebrate our Independence Day, where have you beaten yourself up in your life and can you let it go and be patient with yourself?