Hi everyone!
Today I will work hard and be patient.
I've decided that patience is THE necessary element to my success, here,
and in everything I do. My lack of patience infers that I
still see this health struggle as something to be "conquered/ completed."
But we are never a finished product... like a statue or painting...static...never to change.
We are tied to the results of our conscious choices until we die.
It is that constant change, I think, that I want to end when I find my self being
frustrated at a slow loss or a plateau. I know mama Kaye tells us that
"We Have Arrived!" but we have arrived at the fountain of change and care, here
in the Hood; not a static landing pad where we can settle for what was "then."
It is hard for me to stay in the NOW, with eyes wide open to challenge as well as
newly found comfort. Why do I only choose to see the comfort so many days in
succession that I finally become so UNcomfortable as a result of stasis???
Is this some kind of lifetime cosmic laziness??? I think it just might be in my case.
Acceptance is in here somewhere, too. If I can accept the reality of my needs,
then I am more likely to gladly take responsibility for my choices in a patient,
ongoing way. Today I will nurture patience... take responsibility and joyfully
accept the work I clearly must do to be well and happy! Any takers?

Still waiting for your thoughts... somehow I really wanted to kick this idea around today.
Anyone??

I Think patience is very important and this is a very good thought. We def need to have more patience with ourselves and our lives. Thanks for the idea!

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I'd like to thank Nanna for her enthusiastic response!
Don't worry Nanna... these crazy multiple posts happen
sometimes for no real reason! May as well laugh!

Oh my goodness, my computer went on total stutter mode!
I was trying to say thank you for reaching out and it just posted and posted.
Sorry!

No prob, sweetie! Don't let this form a cloud over your day in San Diago!
What a BEEEEEautiful place!

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I really like your thinking. I struggle with patience in every area of my life, yet I've never thought about patience for me. I have been working on forgiving and loving and nurturing self, and here you go....I should add patience in their too.

It makes me think of my small grandchildren. I have so much patience for them, in every area, they are so dear, and it would be wonderful and live-changing to give myself and my spouse that same loving patience, as we go through life. Weight loss included!

Thanks.

Acceptance of our limits, patience with our flaws... two qualities I often encourage my daughter to live, learn and love in herself and her friends... (anyone else have a perfectionist who panics at the very idea that she's made ANY kind of a mistake??? She's only 10 and she's gonna get an ulcer soon if she doesn't quit it!!) Can't imagine where she gets this particular personality trait from!!! Really!! *insert innocent face here* *insert laughing myself silly face here*

I have so little patience with my own needs... and even less acceptance of them. I want my needs to take a backseat to what my wants are, and that simply isn't possible. I get angry that the scale has moved so slowly for me - telling myself that it needs to be this way for my body to accept the changes I've put it through doesn't seem to help. I want it to go faster! I want it to be easier! I want it to be over already!!!

All this wanting doesn't deal with the fact that I need to eat more than will allow a rapid-fire weight loss, because of the severe nature of my reactive hypoglycemia. It doesn't deal with the fact that I am still unable to exercise due to a pre-surgery injury to my foot. It doesn't deal with the fact that it took me some 25 years to get to this size, and it ain't comin' off in a week!! Get over yerself Doris!!! Grow up!! Learn some patience and learn to accept the fact that YOU ARE HUMAN!!

*sigh* sometimes I hate being human!!!

You're right... I need to learn to accept this... I need to be more patient with myself. I need to accept my reality and deal with it in a more loving and nurturing way so that it will become a lasting part of my future. I need to allow myself to be what I am... not perfect... just ME.

Thank you for this thread... it's been on my mind lately, but, I didn't quite know how to deal with it. You made it easy to see what I was doing to myself!

Carolyn Ann,
yep... we come last, don't we... the forbearing smile for all others, but the whip and rack for
ourselves, by golly! Makes no sense... If I'm doing what I honestly can in a day and love my
efforts, then tomorrow I'll be encouraged to build on that success. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

Nothing like a good laugh to sooth the soul and increase our capacity for patience!!
Thanks for the great comments Mickeefynn and the good laugh Nana!!

Rosalie

You are oh so right Rosalie!

Well... for me... the "over" is the initial getting rid of the weight... after that I can start the day to day struggle to keep it off...! That's the striving I'm impatient for... I'm tired of the striving to get the tonnage off dammit!!! I wanna move on to the next struggle awreddy!!! (I'm sucha brat sometimes!!)

Living life on life's terms... now that's a theme I deal with on a daily basis... Ya see... the life I wanted to live is one of an artist. One who makes their living off of the work they have created. And my daily struggle is with the fact that my skills simply aren't where they need to be in order for me to do that...! YET! So... I have to continue learning, everyday... continue practicing, everyday... continue accepting the fact that my dream is a work in progress - every day!! and I have to remember throughout that it doesn't matter what everyone else does, can do, or wants to do... it only matters what I do and how I get it done may literally be the only thing I get to control in this life... so get to it girl... go be a control freak over your own destiny! Live your life on your own terms and the rest be damned!

Oh I hear ya sistah! artist here, too... but always denying myself that title.
No more, I say! No more!

No more is right!!! Is your avatar one of your pieces?

Oh how I WISH! It's by Pablo Picasso, titled, Woman in Chair. Love it/