The world is your classroom, and lessons in patience abound. Photo by Element5 Digital on Unsplash
Becoming a more patient person has massive advantages. It reduces the pressure on your heart; it improves your relationships with others; and it helps you to spread happiness.
The good news is that the world offers you free lessons in patience; they are everywhere.
This morning, at the supermarket, the aisles were like a pile-up at a grand prix race. Trollies were crashing into each other as everyone tried to get their Christmas shopping done in time for the rest of the day.
When your way is blocked by a glut of trolleys, it’s a prime opportunity to explore meditation. You can analyse your own feelings, play spot-the-impatient-thought, and then work on your breathing, and your quiet focus, until you slow down, and move at the slower pace demanded by the situation.
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