{"id":891,"date":"2012-04-14T08:00:03","date_gmt":"2012-04-14T08:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/areasontosmile\/?p=891"},"modified":"2012-04-16T00:19:34","modified_gmt":"2012-04-16T00:19:34","slug":"flying-time-and-watching-pots-or-patience-is-a-virtue-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/areasontosmile\/2012\/04\/flying-time-and-watching-pots-or-patience-is-a-virtue-video.html","title":{"rendered":"Flying time and watching pots, Or, patience is a virtue (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Patience, discipline. =)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cMost people greatly over estimate what they can do in one year, but greatly underestimate what they can do in ten.\u201d -Jim Rohn<\/p>\n

I’m sure you’ve heard the saying ‘time flies when you’re having fun’? And I bet you’ve also heard that ‘a watched pot never boils’?
\nWhy do you think that is?<\/p>\n

Well, when you are having fun you are fully present in the moment. Enjoying it for what it is, and not worrying about anything else.
\nWhen you are ‘watching that pot’ you are worrying about why it’s taking so long, wondering when it is going to be ready, stressing over a process that is beyond your control, and it makes minutes seem to take hours.<\/p>\n

There’s an important lesson there!<\/p>\n

In the video below, I explain why cultivating a sense of patience is important and how to do it; so here I’d like to talk about it a little deeper and say some things I didn’t mention in the video.<\/p>\n