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\u201cAdopt the pace of nature. Her secret is patience.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Ralph Waldo Emerson.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n This week, I came across an article by Courtney Carver*, one of my inspiring mentors, about being patient. And it really resonated with me.<\/p>\n This month is all about peace, warmth, Christmas wishes, family gatherings, joy \u2026 and yet\u2026what do I notice?<\/span><\/p>\n Stress all around:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n people rushing,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n people losing their temper when it\u2019s crowded in the shops,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n people showing their frustration in traffic,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n people lashing out for nothing\u2026.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n So, I think something urgently needs to change,<\/span><\/strong> as this can\u2019t possibly be what we have in mind, when we wish each other a Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year, isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n I believe we have to learn to live harmoniously again<\/span>.<\/p>\n We need to take time to breathe<\/span>, to look around us<\/span>, and see actual people again<\/span>, instead of just annoying creatures, only out to get us.<\/p>\n The more we can become calm, patient, loving, ourselves, the more we will see calm, patience, and love around us.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n In her article* Courtney pointed out 3 major things<\/span> we can do to become more patient, more loving, and I couldn\u2019t agree more.<\/p>\n 1) Start by taking really good care of yourself.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Here is already a huge roadblock we need to get rid of.<\/p>\n Before we can even think of becoming more patient and less frustrated, we need to be in a good place ourselves. So:<\/p>\n How does your life look like?<\/p>\n Busy, busy, busy?<\/p>\n Eating junk?<\/p>\n Not sleeping enough?<\/p>\n Not working out enough?<\/p>\n Staying inside?<\/p>\n Endless scrolling on your phone?<\/p>\n \u2026<\/p>\n Sounds familiar?<\/p>\n If you want to feel better, if you want to feel less frustrated, if you want to be a kinder person, that\u2019s the first thing<\/strong> you need to address.<\/span><\/p>\n Starting to take really good care of yourself.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Start by having a calm morning**, yes that is possible, AND necessary, for everyone.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Eat healthy food.<\/span><\/p>\n Drink water.<\/span><\/p>\n Move your body.<\/span><\/p>\n Go outside, even if it\u2019s only for 5 minutes, and connect with nature.<\/span><\/p>\n Pause, several times a day, even just one minute already makes a difference.<\/span><\/p>\n Go to bed early*** and make sure you have a good night sleep every day of the week.<\/span><\/p>\n Simplify**** your life:<\/span><\/p>\n less stuff in your house,<\/span><\/p>\n make sure you have a schedule with room for relaxing, for doing nothing, and<\/span><\/p>\n less overwhelm by saying \u2018no\u2019 to too much.<\/span><\/p>\n 2) If you want to be more patient, adopt the pace of nature.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Nature never rushes, everything has its own timing, its own rhythm.<\/p>\n And that is how things work best.<\/p>\n You can\u2019 make plants grow faster by pulling at their stems, you can\u2019t make leaves stop from falling in the fall, the sun does not rise faster or earlier even if you would want it to, mosquitos do not stop entering your house when the night falls, even though you do not like sleeping with them in your room, \u2026:-)<\/p>\n Nature lives by its own rules, and that is how it\u2019s supposed to be.<\/p>\n Once you adopt that pace of nature, once you move into that rhythm of nature, all falls into place because WE ARE PART OF NATURE.<\/span><\/p>\n All the pushing and pulling, we as humans try to impose on ourselves, and on others, only adds to our stress, only makes us feel more frustrated, because you can\u2019t make people\/nature function in any other rhythm than their\/its own.<\/p>\n 3) Humanize your interactions, <\/strong>is her* third pointer.<\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s so easy to yell at a fellow car in traffic. It\u2019s horrifying what comes out of our mouths, or passes through our minds, when we get annoyed by someone. Even thinking it, is already lowering ourselves to the lowest vibrational***** frequency. And as I\u2019ve written many times before, you attract what you send out.<\/p>\n The Universe****** is always responding to your energy.<\/span><\/p>\n So, stop sending out those negative vibes!<\/span><\/p>\n It\u2019s high time to stop acting out, and to start thinking about the others, as people, as persons, with their own stories.<\/p>\n The more you see others as people with their own sorrows, their own losses, their own stresses, the easier it becomes to be patient. It\u2019s not because we do not know all the details, that it\u2019s not there.<\/p>\n My invitation to you all is:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Stop!<\/span><\/p>\n Just stop for a minute.<\/span><\/p>\n Breathe.<\/span><\/p>\n Look at what you\u2019re doing, at how you\u2019re living.<\/span><\/p>\n Make some changes right now.<\/span><\/p>\n Begin with pausing for 1 minute.<\/span><\/p>\n Take a deep breath.<\/span><\/p>\n Think about what you have on your schedule today, and look at it from a different point of view. Believe in, see, possibilities.<\/span><\/p>\n See people, instead of adversaries, keep in mind that they too, are struggling.<\/span><\/p>\n Take care of your body and mind, so that you can enjoy the upcoming festivities, and live a harmonious, loving life.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Thank you all for reading me, and for supporting me on Medium! If you want unlimited access to all of my articles and many other authors, you can become a Medium Member and you\u2019ll be supporting me and all the other authors. Many, many thanks to you all!!!<\/p>\n Katrien<\/p>\n *\u2019Be More with Less\u2019 by Courtney Carver.<\/p>\n **\u2019Happy Mornings, Happy Days. Happy Days, Happy Life.\u2019 Medium article by Katrien Degraeve.<\/p>\n ***\u2019Night Time, Sweet Dreams, or Waking Hours?\u2019 Medium article by Katrien Degraeve.<\/p>\n ****\u2019Less is Yes!\u2019 by Katrien Degraeve.<\/p>\n *****\u2019Ask and It is Given.\u2019 By Esther and Jerry Hicks.<\/p>\n ******\u2019The Universe Has Your Back.\u2019 By Gabby Bernstein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cAdopt the pace of nature. Her secret is patience.\u201d Ralph Waldo Emerson. This week, I came across an article by Courtney Carver*, one of my inspiring mentors, about being patient. And it really resonated with me. 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