Hello,
Welcome to this brief meditation centering on being patient.
It can be so difficult to be patient,
Whether it be with somebody who may frustrate us or patients while waiting for something specific to happen in our lives.
Both of these situations may seem different,
But our struggle to be patient in any setting often rides on two things,
Being present and having a proper perspective.
So as we ease into this meditation,
I want you to take a deep breath in and hold for five seconds.
Place your tongue against the bottom set of your teeth and exhale slowly.
Focus on your body now.
Take any place that you feel tension,
It may be your legs,
Your chest,
Your shoulders,
Anywhere and imagine the places of tension being filled with little cells of anxiety and stress.
These small,
Circular cells are all congregated and stuck in the places that you feel tension,
But you can easily get rid of them.
As you inhale,
Imagine these cells drifting up from the places of tension,
Being moved by the breath all the way up to your mouth.
Exhale now,
Releasing all of these cells of anxiety out into the air,
Never to return.
Do you feel a bit of a relief of tension?
Breathing deeply once more,
Taking any remaining cells and rising them up through your windpipe.
Exhale letting them all go.
If you can close your eyes,
Do so now,
But if not,
That is totally fine.
Focus now on your feet.
If you're sitting,
Feel them softly resting against the ground.
If you're walking,
Feel them press into the ground with each step.
Oftentimes when we struggle with patience,
We're letting our mind drift away from the present moment.
We think about potential future situations or even the past.
We bring ourself into the present moment.
We're able to think about it and be grateful for what is right in front of us.
Take another deep breath,
Holding it for five seconds.
Slowly exhale and begin to think about what or who is making you impatient.
Drop into this image.
Try to keep this image as neutral as possible,
Not letting it get too negative.
Try giving the feeling that you have and what you visualize a color.
Now take a deep breath in,
Hold it for three seconds.
When you breathe out,
Take a mental step back from the situation.
Do this now.
You're looking at the source of impatience from further away now.
It's still visible,
But you have a mental distance from it.
How are you viewing the situation now?
Is the feeling a bit weaker?
Maybe as the color changed?
Now take another deep breath in,
Hold for three seconds.
When you exhale,
Now take an even bigger mental step back from the situation.
You're now looking at it from even further away,
Viewing it from the perspective of the past five years.
The spot of impatience should feel far away and small now.
Has the color maybe changed now?
Take one big deep breath in and hold it this time for five seconds.
Now as you exhale,
Take an even bigger mental step back to look at your life from the beginning of it to even into the future and what that could hold.
It should be much harder to see the person or thing that's allowing you to be impatient.
If you do,
How small is it?
When we have a perspective that allows us to have a mental distance from our immediate emotions and feelings,
We're able to have more peace and patience with the situation.
It becomes just a tiny blip in the grand scheme of things,
And it's likely not as pressing and anxiety-inducing as we let ourselves think.
You are going to be okay.
You are going to be okay.
Bring yourself back to the present now.
Feel your feet against the floor.
Wiggle your toes and your fingers.
Whenever you catch yourself feeling impatient,
Feel your feet and remind yourself to stay present.
Don't let your mind inflate what is just a tiny little speck in the span of our lifetime.
Such a small speck is an earth of negative feelings and emotions that come with being impatient.
All you can control is what is happening right here and right now.
Take a deep breath in and out without holding and slowly open your eyes.
Come acclimated with your environment and go now with a sense of patience and understanding that the present is all that you can control.
This is so,
So small.
We take mental steps back and look at our whole life.
Go now and be at peace.
God bless you.
