Friday, May 29, 2009

Patience with myself

As I age, I am no longer able to get many things done seemingly instantaneously. For example, I can't clean my house in one go as I used to be able to. Many of the things I am dealing with these days are so multi-layered that it is not possible to do more than make a small dent in the ever-present to do list that faces me daily.

Perhaps that is the lesson I am to learn: to forgive myself for not being strong enough, fast enough, smart enough, thorough enough; to have patience with myself and to become aware of my own spiritual poverty and powerlessness in the face of the inevitable passage of time.

2 comments:

  1. This is a very timely post for me too, so thank you!
    The Rose Garden will be closing temporarily tomorrow evening (Sunday evening British time) for an up-grade, so don't worry if you can't get on! Hoping to be back on Wednesday with a brand new look!
    God bless you,
    Mrs.P xx

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  2. Thanks, Mrs. P!

    TAC, I think ur right. I knew I wasn't fleshing out the concept well enough in my post, but you hit the nail on the head.

    I think that is one of the great lessons of aging.

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