Daily Reflection Sit

In the animate and inanimate, nature does not rush or lean forward but is persistent, constant, alert and accepting of conditions. Adopt the pace of nature, its secret is patience (Emerson).

Understanding the potential harm caused by acting out of impatience. Honoring our pace and the pace of others, remembering that patience is rooted in compassion and equanimity.

Patience yields a bounty of fruits. Patience will ease our passage through samsara and by practicing patience, we grow strength, equanimity and compassion.

Cultivating patience as a proactive and engaged practice within the vicissitudes of our lives; just as we stretch the body, patience stretches the heartmind.

Practicing patience we give ourselves permission to be slow learners giving ourselves time to let our experience filter down from our minds to infuse our hearts and become deeply embodied.

Looking at what the parami of patience teaches us. The goodness of the practice itself, Veruca Salt and I want it now!

We want to cultivate patience so that we can be more at ease and skillful with discomfort. When we cultivate patience, we expand our capacity to accept and tolerate delay, interference and frustration.