Patience II

Hello Everybody,

We will continue our blog on patience.

Step One: Give yourself time and space
Step Two: Make a list of what causes you to lose patience.

Step Three: Whenever you find yourself losing patience, take deep breathes. Our body reacts to stress and we get agitated...ready for flight or fight. Taking deep breathes can cue in our body that we can relax. It also helps to repeat the serenity prayer.

God, Grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change,
The courage to change the things I can,
And the wisdom to know the difference.

Step Four:Look for patterns. Are there certain times, situations, clients, activities where you lose your patience the quickest? Look at what you can do to change that. Or ask for help and ideas for what you can do to make it less problematic for you.

Step Five: Practice being patient in the non-important areas. Like driving! Practice being patient with the horrible drivers out there and you will find it easier to be patient with teens. You need Step One to do this of course. If you aren't running late somewhere, it is easier to be patient at the 5th red light in a row, or the driver that cuts in front of you and slows down or the driver that does 5 miles under the speed limit in the left lane....aaaah!

Anyway. That is enough for today. I need to do these things myself. I have had too much to do and too little time and thus been impatient and stressed.

Hope some of this is helpful to you too.

Soon,

LA