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Hmmm?

So a lesson I learned last week was on patience. Can you hear patience? I think you can.  If you are  listening carefully to that still small voice inside your head saying, hmmm? 

If you read last weeks little ditty on Planting Seeds you may have noticed a sound like someone screaming. Yes, the written word almost jumped off the screen as it tumbled out in a confused state. Like stubbing your toe on a crack in the pavement. All I could think when I saw it was, agh what a disaster.  I kept repeating that over and over in my head like a mantra as I wished back the touch of the post button. 

It dawned on me that there was a simple fix to the problem. Just erase the post and send the corrected version. But what about all the people who may have already read that strange looking post. Especially my friend to whom it was dedicated. It was then that I decided it would be less than honest to pretend it did not exist. So I called and sent her the original version. Then I did what was extremely hard for me, I left it posted as a reminder. 

I was in such a hurry to meet my self imposed deadline that I didn't follow through on the simplest of tasks. Having already read and reread the the story while writing it, I hit post after scanning the first paragraph. And then came that all telling hmmm? It wasn't until later in the day that I discovered my mistake.

My challenge is practicing patience. Even though, at times, it might feel as though I am doing nothing. It can take great effort to sit still and listen. To wait for the opportunity to make the correction. There is a reason they say patience is a virtue. 

The people I communicate with on a daily basis deserve the best I have to offer. Sometimes it comes as the cold hard facts and other times it comes wrapped in humor. At any rate it often includes sharing the missteps along with the success. 

 

Ready, set, post!