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\"\"<\/a>I’m sadly short on patience. I kept thinking that age & maturity would make it bloom in the totally inhospitable garden of my now! now! now!<\/em> personality… Well, I’m older, but NOT a\u00a0 lot more patient. Sigh…<\/p>\n

There are certain to be great benefits to being patient. If you are one of those wonderfully patient people, let me know what they are. I’ve been IMpatiently awaiting the advent of patience, to see what it will change in my life, but so far? Zilch. No patience. No changes.<\/p>\n

But I’m not giving up. Like the cartoon, I’m just working harder on being patient NOW. Somehow, that makes sense. Maybe it’s a mindfulness exercise…?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m sadly short on patience. I kept thinking that age & maturity would make it bloom in the totally inhospitable garden of my now! now! now! personality… Well, I’m older, but NOT a\u00a0 lot more patient. Sigh… There are certain to be great benefits to being patient. If you are one of those wonderfully patient…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":398,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[11,1181,1187,262,470],"class_list":["post-5462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-beginners-heart","tag-britton-gildersleeve","tag-buddhism","tag-buddhist-blogs","tag-patience"],"yoast_head":"\npatience (or the total lack thereof) ~ - Beginner's Heart<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I'm sadly short on patience. 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