Thursday.........hmm

Yeah, didn't blog yesterday but Wed. and Thurs. have melded into one. Influences that add to my impatience: Exhaustion, hunger, misunderstanding........there's one. I have come to believe that most frustration and negative thought between people is misunderstanding.

First, we try to communication with another and something gets lost in the mix. Maybe we have in our mind what we're trying to say but use words that promote something else. Maybe we assume the other person knows the background of a subject and we add our two cents and they have nothing to go on but what we just said. All I know is this thing with patience makes me want to understand what someone is REALLY trying to say. Even an action can be misperceived when there's no background added to it. Listening is probably a good insert here.

Adding a little deeper patience in my day also seems to make me let go of some judgement with others as well. Our lingering judgements against people/situations already wanes our patience before we even get to the core of the person or issue.

I also think, after talking to a few people and asking their perceptions of patience, that we are sheepish to admit our shortcomings with it.

I am enjoying not "jumping the gun"; it releases a bit more peace in my days...............still observing..............