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Today's
Meditation:
Relax. Be patient. Take your time.
Not words that we like to hear these days-- mostly because
we so rarely hear them. Instead, we're told
constantly to hurry up or we'll miss the boat or miss the
deadline. We're told to get it done yesterday,
because it's that important. We're led to
believe that people who relax and slow down and take it
easy are slackers, lazy people who somehow aren't as good
as everyone else.
Think about it, though. Would you want a surgeon
operating on you who's trying to hurry through the process
so he can move on to his next obligation? Would you
want a lawyer taking care of your case who's trying to get
it done as quickly as he can? And that person
working on your car-- should he or she barrel through the
job as quickly as he or she can, or do you want that
person to take their time and do things right?
Those three questions almost answer themselves. But
that same desire to have someone take their time and do it
right is something that we rarely afford ourselves-- the
opportunity to do something slowly, patiently, with
reverence and attention. We try to become something
we're not in days rather than years. Our spirits--
simply the most important part of who we are as
human beings-- are so often treated without any respect or
dignity at all, and we do pay a huge price for it, with
frustration, depression, despair, hopelessness, and all
sorts of other results of the neglect we show to our
spiritual development.
Take your time. Do it right. Ask
yourself important questions, then take your time and
answer those questions accurately and fully. Then
move on to the next one. Decide how you want to act,
and who you want to be, then move towards being that
person. Don't get frustrated when you make mistakes
and backslide-- that's all part of the process. But
please don't hurry, for the results of hurry rarely are
the results that will last and that will do you
good. Go for the lasting results, take your time and
enjoy the process of discovery.
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