Don’t have time for Patience?

I enjoy revisiting old insights. They’re rather like good friends, always ready to share time with you. But that’s not all. I find, often to my pleasant surprise, that they also submit themselves to further exploration, fresh revelation.

Today, I am guided to share time with my good friend, Patience.

Patience is that extra seat I place with great care in anticipation of a visitor. I’m not quite sure what this visitor is going to be like but my intuition tells me that it is someone I want to be prepared for.

I’ve prepared as well as I possibly could. I’ve also probably gathered as much information as I could about my visitor but I am still never a hundred percent sure. So that can sometimes make me feel a little anxious, even doubtful perhaps.

Will my visitor actually turn up? When? Will I be prepared? When? Will I know what to say and do? When? Will my visitor be just as I had imagined? When? Will I be disappointed? When?

On and on it goes. But the recurring question, like an overused refrain, is “When?”

Sooner or later, I realize that it’s pointless fretting. It’s not getting me anywhere. I can’t think of anything else to do to prepare for my visitor. And I’ve finally noticed that the rest of life has continued without me leaving a backlog of stuff that I have to attend to. But I’m reluctant to give up my vigil. I’ve been sitting by that chair I prepared, watching, waiting. I know I have to move. I know I have to attend to the rest of life. And that’s when Patience gives me the nod:

Yes, do go. Nothing is going to happen in your absence. The visitor will arrive at just the right time. Don’t be concerned. You won’t miss her/him/it. Besides, aren’t I here? What better seat is there? And so perfectly placed too! Your visitor will be very comfortable sitting on me. So go on, get on with life. That’s the final preparation that you must make – to remain fully engaged in life!

And thus reassured, I do!

So that is what patience is. That comfortable, reassuring seat, perfectly placed and holding court with my visitor while I get on with life!

Peace, Lucy
How shall I serve you, my Love?
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