Patience and Acceptance – the Perfect Twosome

[Leonie Marks]

Isn't patience a divine lesson? Essential in getting over ourselves!

My own lack of patience and self-acceptance literally, nearly killed me 10 years ago. To move on, I had to make friends with my inner Princess of Perfection. She was driving me to get everything right, fix everything and everyone and rush headlong into the future looking for a perfect version of me and my life. Horrendous levels of stress and anxiety and very hard to enjoy life in that mindset and state of being!

Of course at the time I didn't realise I was choosing to react to life like that or that I could choose a different way.

I was reacting on auto-pilot, it was part of a self-sabotage pattern I didn’t even know I had! Once I realised - the transformation began.

The journey to trusting and accepting myself was huge. At some point I realised the striving for acceptance had stopped, and it was simply present - as was the ultimate and unexpected gift of inner peace. No more nuclear reactions erupting from within.

Naturally, my inner Queen of Sabotage will lurk about when I’m being challenged to grow, inviting me to play the old way and stay in my comfort zone. But, I’ve got radar for her now - its my choice to stay stuck or to grow. And I’m done with Stucksville!

(Conscious choice is a powerful key in overcoming self-sabotage and becoming empowered. You can read more about that in this months newsletter)

When acceptance is present, patience is automatic, have you noticed that?

[Leonie Marks]

Yes control is a very interesting aspect of self for sure. I used to try to control all of my feelings especially in the face of people and things that pushed my buttons. Here' what I think about that now: I think we try to control ourselves too much - the people and things that push our buttons are our greatest teachers and there's a good reason for our reactions - they are just mirroring back to us what we most need to see. If we push it down or aside the stress just grows and grows and we're not learning the true lesson in it all. If we go into that recurring reaction and unfold what's going on within (which will be a whole big story right back to our core) we'll actually clear the source of our irritation - within ourselves. That's empowering for us and for the other - and for anyone else in the wave of our ripple effect. When we try to control, we're actually being dishonest with self and therefore with others. It might temporarily keep the peace, but energetically its messy and sits in the old paradigm of power and control - rather than the new consciousness of clear intention, integrity and acceptance. What do you think?

[Leanne]

It is funny how such small things annoy or upset us! Or the person themselves can be annoying no matter what they say or do! Sometimes we can put up with so much!! Patience and self control!!! very hard to control sometimes...but we will get there I am sure.

[DiscoDave]

"All we need is just a little patience"...

Oh so on the vibration there Leonie. The combination of concious choice and acceptance is such a powerful thing. Once you lovingly make the choice, no matter how painful the decision is to make the choice, you have the keys to the door. Happy to say the lights are on and now theres somebody home, and all it took was the choice to be a happier, vital, more satisfied bundle of light!