Patience
Everyone always says patience is a virtue. I just wonder sometimes what is so virtuous about having "the ability or willingness to suppress restlessness or annoyance when confronted with delay." Obviously it depends on the situation.
I pride myself on being very patient with my students, my nephew, the line at the grocery store, the person driving too slow in front of me...those situations seem appropriate for patience. However, I am feeling quite impatient and restless at the current state of my life. I am trying so hard to be patient and pray and "let go and let God" and all of that, but it just doesn't seem to be doing much good.
I just finished watching the Season 3 finale of Downton Abbey and I couldn't believe how overwhelming my feeling was to have a family of my own. I feel like I have been waiting patiently my whole life for that part of my life to start. I always imagined that right after I graduated college, I would have the perfect husband and we would have a house and perfect children. I never really thought much about the act of getting married or the wedding itself, I just always knew that I wanted my own family and my own little people. I am finding it incredibly difficult to be patient and wait for love, marriage, and babies. I am 30 and while I am okay just being me, I would be even happier having a partner to share it all with.
It is getting more and more difficult to come home to an empty house and not discuss my day with someone besides the dog. I greatly appreciate my family offering to let me come over for dinner and visit, but it just isn't the same as having your own life to lead. I certainly don't want to rush into anything, but I feel like I haven't. I have tried extremely hard to be practical when it came to my relationships. I'm just finding it a whole lot harder now that I'm getting older. I feel like I should just stop thinking about it and be thankful for the fact that I do have such a wonderful family that I live close to and can see often, but there is just always this desire in the back of my mind and in my heart to start a family of my own. I will keep praying about it, but I sure hope that God gives me some feedback soon about all of this. My patience is running thin...I will leave you with this quote: "Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses, and disappointments; but, let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures." I sure hope you're right Joseph Addison.
I pride myself on being very patient with my students, my nephew, the line at the grocery store, the person driving too slow in front of me...those situations seem appropriate for patience. However, I am feeling quite impatient and restless at the current state of my life. I am trying so hard to be patient and pray and "let go and let God" and all of that, but it just doesn't seem to be doing much good.
I just finished watching the Season 3 finale of Downton Abbey and I couldn't believe how overwhelming my feeling was to have a family of my own. I feel like I have been waiting patiently my whole life for that part of my life to start. I always imagined that right after I graduated college, I would have the perfect husband and we would have a house and perfect children. I never really thought much about the act of getting married or the wedding itself, I just always knew that I wanted my own family and my own little people. I am finding it incredibly difficult to be patient and wait for love, marriage, and babies. I am 30 and while I am okay just being me, I would be even happier having a partner to share it all with.
It is getting more and more difficult to come home to an empty house and not discuss my day with someone besides the dog. I greatly appreciate my family offering to let me come over for dinner and visit, but it just isn't the same as having your own life to lead. I certainly don't want to rush into anything, but I feel like I haven't. I have tried extremely hard to be practical when it came to my relationships. I'm just finding it a whole lot harder now that I'm getting older. I feel like I should just stop thinking about it and be thankful for the fact that I do have such a wonderful family that I live close to and can see often, but there is just always this desire in the back of my mind and in my heart to start a family of my own. I will keep praying about it, but I sure hope that God gives me some feedback soon about all of this. My patience is running thin...I will leave you with this quote: "Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses, and disappointments; but, let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures." I sure hope you're right Joseph Addison.
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