Good Things Come For Those Who Know How To Wait

Good things come to those who know how to wait, who know the value of patience, who color its fruits with care and endurance. It turns out that everything that requires moderation raises around us an aura of enthusiasm and hope.

I love those people who know that between “planting and harvesting” there is a time of “watering and waiting”. Because it is vital to realign yourself in the face of despair, not to get confused when we run into the uncertainty of not knowing when everything we want will arrive.

Remember that spring always comes back with good things

I remember one winter when my dad needed firewood, so he looked for a dead tree and cut it down. But soon, in spring, with surprise, he saw that the withered trunk of this tree had buds like new twigs. So my father said:

– I was sure that tree was dead. It had lost all the leaves in winter. It was so cold that the branches broke and fell as if the old trunk had not even a shred of life. But now I realize that trunk was still alive.

And turning to me, he advised me:

– You never forget this lesson. Never cut a tree in winter. Never make a negative decision in times of adversity.  Never make important decisions when you are in your worst frame of mind. Wait. Be patient. The storm will pass. Remember that spring will come again.

Everything passes, everything arrives, everything changes

Every reward will arrive, as time takes care of closing the doors of the undesirable, of helping us to fight the anguish and of rekindling our hopes.  So the time will come when, when we wake up, our desires will have won and the good will arrive in our lives.

You’ve probably heard this saying more than once that says “don’t make the mistake of making permanent decisions because of passing emotions”. This phrase carries the great value of patience, the ability to calm down and gain perspective.

Because if we act without waiting for the best moment, we are likely to be throwing stones at our own roof, which will cause our roof to crumble and find it difficult to find hope among our own emotional rubble.

Work on patience and get to know yourself

Knowing how to wait first requires the patience to know oneself, to stop to reflect and feel safe with oneself. These are the characteristics that we must leverage to contemplate the world with better understanding and wisdom.

Thus, patience is a gift that requires knowledge of impulsiveness and lack of reflection.  Only through it will we achieve what we want without paying a high price for it. But what can we do to cultivate our patience, become more and more prudent and know how to wait?

Breathe

Deep breathing is always a good resource for reflection. Let’s say that, in some way, we’re offering a break in our inner dialogue.

Discover the reason for your haste and your impatience

Think about your reasons for acting impulsively and impatiently. Organize your time and rethink your priorities. This will help you get to know yourself and calm down during intense moments.

Identify which things or people intensify your impatience

Sometimes people or situations around us generate a conflict in us that forces us to act without thinking. Think about it and try to resolve it or consider it.

Is your impatience helpful? Is it justified?

Answer these two questions completely honestly and calmly look for patterns of behavior that are repeating and that are making it impossible for you to do the right thing.

Take your time and expect the unexpected

There are some words by Jeff Foster that sum up this question perfectly: “No matter how ‘bad’ things get, you’re always being asked to slow down, to breathe, to stop trying to resolve everything, to step out of your own conclusions , breathing again…”