It’s Thursday morning and we were planning on being home yesterday. There’s a lot to jump on and get done as we approach the end of the year. Today will be focused on getting home. No early starts. Take your time moving. Watch the road report. Leave when the sun comes up. Follow the flow.
Take Your Time!
Through my years of cold weather driving I’ve learned how to drive safely. It’s not me I’m worried about. There are others out there with whom you are competing for road real estate. You don’t know their state of mind. Or skill set. You spend most of your time watching out for the nefarious “them.”
Take your time. Don’t let the frustrations mount.
Before the roads closed, yesterday, a black SUV came barreling up behind me and flashing his lights for me to move over. I wouldn’t, didn’t need to, nor could I move anywhere. In CA, 18-wheelers can only drive 55 mph. On the two-lane interstate they can only stay in the outside lane. When they need to pass other equally slow drivers, well, it takes them several miles to get around and back into the outside lane. I was boxed in by the shoulder and slow moving trucks! Hence, my feelings. I couldn’t do what you are asking, so why get so antsy?
Take your time. Don’t worry about his 100 mph getaway.
Up early, I’m sitting in the Hotel dining room watching grown men pay attention to some Hallmark dribble. Perfectly dressed actors trying to tell a story. Join in the loud commercials, conversations, and scrapping chair noises. Everyone is faced the multiple TV’s as if they will miss something important. The noise is frustrating!
Take your time. Breathe in. Out. Flush those toxins out of your lungs with each deep breath. Ignore the distractions. Do not get distracted! Keep your focus!
How Do You Take Your Time?
I’m sure there are checklists and secrets for learning how to take your time. We each know how it works best for ourselves. I get silent. Forced movements to economize the moment. Don’t let reactions get the best of you. Pray. Think some good thoughts. Pray. Remember a better time. Did I say Pray?
Learning to be patient. That’s the key. Don’t hold those feelings inside they will only destroy you. Let them go constructively.
Solomon says it like this: “Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.” (Ecclesiastes 7:8-9, KJV)
Part of patience rests in controlling your emotions, outburst, and reactions. You are much better responding with cool and calm. I’m thinking sub-zero coolness!
The other part of patience comes from practice. There’s a lot of practicing in my toolbox of experience. I’ve not always been like this!
“There are two types of patience. One is exercised in hard work and the other in idleness. Patience with hard work is the one that moves mountains. Patience in idleness moves nothing, not even cobwebs.”
~Israelmore Ayivor
