tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244775856706650490.post2941959181640853978..comments2024-03-18T05:14:09.358-04:00Comments on Soul In Motion: a blog of active spirituality: Learning PatienceRobert Martin Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12725116367683618477noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244775856706650490.post-48337199828024183502010-12-19T13:25:27.825-05:002010-12-19T13:25:27.825-05:00Having patience is an act of grace, I find. It'...Having patience is an act of grace, I find. It's one part of me telling another part of me to "chill out", to trust, to learn to have faith. It is the one part that's grounded in something timeless, telling the part of me that's counting seconds to see the bigger picture. To feel the anxiety, to feel the restlessness, to feel the rush and emergency, but not necessarily act on it. <br /><br />I remember the day this all hit me. I had been waiting for an appointment with a dignitary somewhere in Rwanda, and he had had me waiting for six hours. Seated on an old half-gone seat outside in the shade of trees, I at one point looked up. And saw birds building nests. <br />There was no urgency whatsoever in what they did. Those birds just went along with the events unfolding. <br /><br />Anyway, I really appreciate your blogs! <br />A warm greeting, from Cape Town, South Africa.Aernout Zevenbergenhttp://storycatcher.info/scribblesnoreply@blogger.com