Patience is a virtue.” “All good things come to those who wait.” “If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking. ” We’ve all heard these ideas again and again…(the third one isn’t as famous, but it’s good!) We KNOW these things to be true, there’s a part of us that understands it, believes it, feels the wisdom behind it… Yet…. When push comes to shove (i.e. daily life) it goes right out the window! We need it NOW. We need to be skinnier NOW, healthier NOW, richer NOW, happier NOW. NOW, NOW, NOW… I know, annoying to even read it, you can feel the urgent energy of it (that’s why I capitalized it!) You can feel how exhausting it is… But what do we do? How do we practice patience? How do we make it a reality? What do we do about the part of us that is screaming like a toddler… “But I don’t want to be patient!!! I want it now!!!” Two steps: A. Acknowledge that this part of you exists. Just saying, “Yup, I’m not being patient…” can be enough to trigger change. B. Tap to release those anxious feelings, Here’s some quick tapping you can do right now. :) Step 1: Identify what you’re being Impatient about. Give it a number On the 0-10 scale, for how impatient you’re being. Step 2: Tap along (if you’re new to the tapping, you can see a demonstration of the process here) Through the points… Karate Chop: “Even though I’m being so impatient…I deeply and completely accept myself Karate Chop: ”Even though I can’t relax, it has to be done now..I deeply and completely accept myself…” Karate Chop: “Even though I don’t want to be patient…I deeply and completely accept myself…” Eyebrow: I can’t be patient… Side of the Eye: Need it done now… Under the Eye: I don’t want to wait… Under the Nose: I need it now… Under the Mouth: Patience drives me crazy! Collarbone: No time for patience… Under the Arm: Who has time to be patient! Top of the head: All this stress about it happening now. Back to the eyebrow, with some positive statements, but only if you feel the positive statements ‘land’ or feel partially true. If not, keep tapping on the negative or ‘my truth now’ feelings until those shift. Eyebrow: Patience IS a virtue.. Side of the Eye: I wonder how I can cultivate some patience.. Under the Eye: It feels good to be patient… Under the Nose: it feels safe to be patient… Under the Mouth: It’s time for me to be patient… Collarbone: I choose to be patient now… Under the Arm: Feeling calm and patient… Top of the Head: Feeling calm and patient now… That’s just two rounds, so keep repeating either with this language or with your own until you find relief. The truth is…Patience IS a virtue… A beautiful one, that can guide your life and bring with it an inner peace that we all crave. Tap to find that patience and then cultivate it. Feel it…BE the patience… Flow with patience… Experience the magic of patience… Until next time…