Grandma’s hands used to issue out a warning, baby don’t you run too fast, there might be snakes in that grass . . .
– Bill Withers
How often have you been cooking and you’re waiting for something to start boiling and it seems to be taking it’s own time? If you’re like me, sometimes you might try to turn the heat up a little more. What happens then? The dish that required a slow boil gets overheated and doesn’t taste half as good as it was meant to be.
Don’t You Run Too Fast!
Too often our impatience causes us to have accidents, spoil projects and relationships. We want things to happen and we want them now. How difficult it is for us to realize that everything happens at the right time!
Worry, fear and frenzied activity will get us nowhere. In my life, I’ve made very bad choices when I was impatient and couldn’t wait for the right time to come. But once I tuned in to my inner self more, I began to learn patience and to know that the best things in life can’t be hurried – like finding your passion, like finding the best partner for yourself.
Sometimes I forget the lessons I’ve learned and I get impatient and worried. I’ve got a tendency to attempt to help people, sometimes not allowing them to help themselves. I try to micromanage (is that one word?) to the point of turning them off. I worry and fret about the outcome of their decisions, not realizing that everyone learns through trial and error.
So while remembering not to run too fast myself, I must remember to let others run at their own pace too.
Bill Withers’ grandma’s advice was sound and just what I needed to read. What advice have you heard or read recently that resonated with you?
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we all have our own pace don’t we? And it’s hard sometimes, letting others have their own pace as well.
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So true. We think we have the best answer for others, when it’s really not our job to provide answers.
I want it fast, be I want it now, do not care what is the cost,
and in the end I wonder how
its essence has been truly lost.
I crave a vast experience,
it thrills me to the marrow,
but now I join the penitents
in regretfulness for shallow
dives in waters that ran deep,
in which I forsook time to learn;
my manic life was really sleep,
and there’s no way now to earn
back the profound golden day
which I, the fool, let slip away.
Messed up the first two lines, which should have read…
I want it fast, I want it now,
I do not care what is the cost
Guess I proofread too fast!
Don’t worry! I love your comments. They’re always so meaningful.
Yes, going too fast leads to so many regrets!
So much sense in what you say, specially when I think of it in the context of children. If there’s one thing I’d advise a young mother to have it is patience. What you said about reaching out to help, without waiting for them to find their own way is true for me too, though I’m learning slowly to let them be.
It’s great for my peace of mind too.
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It must take patience and a lot of faith in your children to do that. I’ve seen a lot of parents struggling with this even when their children are adults.
A very relevant topic, Corinne. No matter what age we are at, this piece of wisdom is useful. We have a tendency to hurry up and finish, where in fact, patience is the key ingredient that would help in the successful fulfillment of the task.
The oldest and simplest nuggets of wisdom are proving to be the ones holding the fort through our lives. Right?
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