The Power of Patience on Our Kindness Journey

Patience is not simply the ability to wait.
it’s how we behave while we’re waiting.
Joyce Mayer

When we have a vision of something for our lives, we sometimes lose patience, wanting to see it show up now. That’s understandable. But we need to be encouraged by the small steps that we are able to take as we live inspired by that vision in our daily lives.

We have imagined the world that we want to live in. It provides a foundation for our lives and for our kindness work, and we have developed daily practices inspired by that vision.

Our Vision

Our vision is a world in which we live peacefully together with kindness and consideration for one another. We listen to others, so we can understand them rather than judge or condemn them because they have made different choices than we have. Love and compassion are the driving force in our individual interactions with one another and in the world.

Love in action shows up as kindness in our personal encounters – with family and friends, but also with strangers.  It is considering their needs as well as our own, and taking action to support them in whatever way we can – whether with a smile and kind word in passing or an offer of more help where it is needed.

We believe that your vision is similar. If our visions are to become a reality on our planet, it will require major changes in the way that people feel about one another and interact with each other. We are all living in the present, and that vision seems impossible from where we are now.

Rather than feeling powerless, we can choose to look at it differently. We see that, in time, our combined visions can become a reality in the world if enough people choose to live their lives in harmony with them.

This Requires Patience

No matter what anyone else is doing, we each can choose to live our lives in a way that models what we wish to see in the world. You may feel that nothing you do would make a difference, but we disagree.

We each have an impact on the small part of the world around us. Every act of kindness creates a ripple that goes out to other people, as the person who receives the kindness or observes it is inspired to pass it on to someone else.

We are energetic as well as physical beings. Everything that we feel or say or do radiates energy out to those around us. Scientists have demonstrated this phenomenon in several ways. This understanding has added a new dimension to the way that we think of the impact that we all have on other people. We now know that we affect them in a deeper way than we realized.

The changes that we want do not happen quickly, but they are possible if enough of us live the vision in our daily lives. We may not see the final transformation of the world in our lifetime, but we will have an impact on it.

We will see changes in our lives and in the lives of the people with whom we interact. We are all interconnected, whether we realize it or not. We are not just pieces in the puzzle of life. We are dynamic energy beings who have an influence on others wherever we go. Together, we are creating the world that we want to see.

What impact do you want to have? What do you want to add to the large picture of humanity? Take a few minutes and contemplate  this question.

You have the power to begin today to live your vision in your life and to add it to the evolving new world that we are creating together.

We wish you patience on your journey and joy every day.

     Image by Denny Franzkowiak from Pixabay

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We’re grateful that you are on this journey with us.

With love from our hearts to yours,
Pat and Larry