Patience with my Disappointments

I was having a discussion with my daughter the other day about patience.  We were concluding that we are not very patient people. However, I think of  myself as a very patient person and a good listener as long as it is your problem we are solving.  On the other hand, I am not very patient with me and what I would like to achieve, which often leads to disappointment in the outcome.  What is interesting is that this disappointment comes before there is an outcome.  One might ask how can you be disappointed with the outcome when you have not reached the point of conclusion.  The apparent conflict comes from our focus on the end of the story rather than the story. 

I have an idea of how I would like this story to end no matter what the story is.  Could be a work story, maybe a romantic story, but whatever the story, we are so excited for the conclusion or so focused on the conclusion we forget that we have to live the story before we get to the end.  Our lack of patience only adds fuel to that fire.  Impatience does not mean you are refusing to give it your best effort, but it does mean you are adding an extra level of complication to whatever story you are creating.  Living our dreams whether they be professional or personal, is hard enough.  Execution is always more complicated than the idea.  What you do not need is adding complication and difficulty to that effort by being impatient with the timing of the outcome.

Live the dream at a pace that allows you to enjoy each success or failure —- the end will come soon enough.