Good Things Come To Those Who Know How To Wait

Good things come to those who know how to wait, who know the value of patience, who dye its fruits with dedication, effort and endurance. And it is that everything that requires temperance builds around us a halo of enthusiasm and illusion.

I love those people who know that between “planting and harvesting” there is a “watering and waiting”. Because it is vital to redirect ourselves to despair, not to get confused when we run into the uncertainty of not knowing when everything we want will arrive.

Remember that spring always returns

I remember one winter my father needed firewood, so he found a dead tree and cut it down. But then, in the spring, he saw desolate that the withered trunk of that tree sprouted new twigs. My father said:

– I was sure that tree was dead. It lost all its leaves in winter. But you can see that it was so cold that the branches broke and fell as if the old trunk did not have a shred of life left. But now I realize that life still encouraged in that log.

And turning to me, he advised me:

– Never forget this lesson. Never cut a tree in winter. Never take a negative decision in adverse weather. Never make big decisions when you are in your worst mood. Waiting. Be patient. The storm will pass. Remember that spring will return.

Everything passes, everything arrives, everything transforms

Every reward will come, as time is in charge of closing the doors of the undesirable, helping us to combat anguish and awakening our hope. That is why the moment will come when when we wake up our desires will win and the good will come into our lives.

Because if we act without waiting for the best moment, we are probably throwing stones on our own roof, which will cause our roof to sink and it will be difficult for us to find hope among our own emotional rubble.

Work on the patience of knowing yourself

Knowing how to wait requires first of all the patience to know oneself, to stop to reflect and to feel safe with ourselves. These are the characteristics that we must enhance in order to contemplate the world with greater understanding and good sense.

Thus, patience is a gift that requires knowledge of impulsiveness and thoughtlessness. Only through it will we achieve what we yearn for without paying an exorbitant price for it. But what can we do to cultivate our patience, become more cautious, and know how to wait?

To breathe

Breathing deeply is always a good resource for reflection. Let’s say that, in some way, we are offering a pause to our internal dialogue.

Discover the reason for your haste and impatience

Think about the reasons that lead you to act impulsively to impatient. Organize your times and rethink your priorities. This will help you get to know yourself and calm yourself in the intense moments.

Identify what things or people intensify your impatience

Sometimes people or situations in our environment generate a conflict in us that forces us to act without thinking. Think about this and try to settle it or take it into account.

Is your impatience useful? Is it justified?

Answer these two questions in a totally honest way and calmly look for patterns of behavior that are repeating themselves and that are making it impossible for you to do well.

Take your time and expect the unexpected

There are some words by Jeff Foster that perfectly summarize this question: “ Regardless of how ‘bad’ the stories turn, you are always being invited to slow down, to breathe, to stop trying to solve everything, to get out of your own conclusions, to breathe again … “