tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16620908.post114012540264119307..comments2023-06-30T23:05:13.115+12:00Comments on Missionary Anna - kiwi tales!: patienceAnna Dunfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12362143051124854821noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16620908.post-1140202152847001932006-02-18T07:49:00.000+13:002006-02-18T07:49:00.000+13:00Patience? What's that? :) It is a hard thing, but...Patience? What's that? :) It is a hard thing, but children have been teaching me patience in large doses!<BR/><BR/>Glad that quote helped you, my church bulletian usually has some good ones in it!Liz in the Misthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13535396346855135995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16620908.post-1140199121525300682006-02-18T06:58:00.000+13:002006-02-18T06:58:00.000+13:00I too struggle with patience. There's so much to b...I too struggle with patience. There's so much to be done, and I want to get it done NOW. One thing I've found has helped with my sense of patience is watching things that grow. We planted a garden of mostly natives 5 years ago. At the end of our road there's a park where a lot of native bush has been planted. I've watched these grow slowly but surely, from little plants up to my knees, to towering over my head. It's given me a sense that the 'grow a little bit everyday' can be far more powerful than my 'get it done now' frenzied activity. To me what the quote "eternal recompense" is refering to is not something we have to wait for till the end of our lives, but something we get all the time. The reward for patience is happiness now. We become less attached to the day to day disappointments we create for ourselves by our perfectionist expectations. We become calmer, and more awake to the now that is eternal. At least that's the theory, I can't wait until it's like that for me...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com