To Be Patient and Wise

Keep growing quietly

and seriously

throughout your whole development.

Rainer Maria Rilke

Until my physical body no longer exists, I sincerely hope that I will continue to grow both mentally and spiritually, each and every day.  I have always been somewhat of a seeker, but lately, awareness seems to grow more gently within sorting out what I have already gathered.   I no longer wait to set aside time for seeking or learning, as there seems to be a lesson in most anything I see or do.  Life unfolds with its own rhythm in every breath we take.

When we allow life to slow down, we have more patience, and when we have more patience, we have deeper understanding of all that surrounds us.  When life is moving gracefully, we are more apt to catch the beauty seen through other's eyes  and more readily embrace a perception not known to us previously.

The world is rotating, the atmosphere is changing, the seasons are transforming, age is increasing, and perceptions are diversifying.  There is nothing particularly stationary about life and so we learn to navigate through it, best we can.

For some, life feels like a slow boat to China with boredom or isolation, while others experience it as a flash in the pan.  If we strive to stay present, to be aware in each moment there is far greater reward.  All we really have is right now, this instant, to be patient and wise.