I M Patient

I had planned to write about the virtue of patience in life and the joys that come with age and the ability to give your life to a higher power to guide you when your power fails. Why?

Because time and time again I attempted to live this life with the false belief that I was in control. Then snapped back to reality when the breath we all take for granted necessary for existence was gone, and every labored painful inhale a realization that I am only here because of Gods will. For those with alternate belief systems, we'll use higher power. Your higher power could be a tree or whatever or whomever you choose to place your faith.

Human nature is to believe we run things, many of us live in ignorant bliss, never stopping to give thanks or search for the good, even in the 'bad.' Every day I can wake up is a great day. I'm not going to sit here and lie stating I'm a perpetually happy individual. I have my moments, but when life seems to be getting the best of me, or things don't go the way I planned them I have the comfort of letting go and letting God. That doesn't mean kick my heels up and do nothing. If you jump off of a bridge and expect God to save you, you're going to have a surprise. God would never guide your steps off of that bridge, that was you just falling prey to your mortal tendencies.

Do the work, have faith, and whatever it is you desire, you will achieve unless what you wish is not the proper path. When you find yourself up against a wall and spinning your wheels and no matter how hard you try, feel like you're getting nowhere. That's the time you need to stop, breathe, say thank you and offer your steps, your path, your life to your higher power and believe. Things will change and usually not in the way YOU planned it to, but God will steer you down the correct path to whatever door he has opened. PERIOD.