LOVE

Hi Everyone,

I am done with patience,for now.See how much I have to work on the patience thing.

Since the advertising powers that be, have decided that February is the month of LOVE, by the way I am happy they did that because perhaps it will get us all started on thinking of what LOVE really is.

I took this from Corinthians 13

LOVE is patient and kind. LOVE is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. LOVE does not demand it's own way. LOVE is not irritable, and it keeps no record of when it has been wronged. It is never glad about injustice but rejoices whenever truth wins out. LOVE never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance. LOVE will last forever. There are three things that will endure; faith, hope and love and the greatest of these is love.

Do you love like this?

Are you loved like this?

Do you love yourself like this?

Where I fall short of expressing true LOVE is when I want my own way, when I know what is best and what is good for you, and how you should behave, when I get stubbron, when another makes me so mad that I want to punish them and show them who is really right, Oh there goes my self-righteous nature. Loving those who have wronged me!!! Now the word of God has just gone too far. How could I ever do that. Could it be that whatever attitude I put out there I am going to get back a million times over untill I get it Again it seems I want to right rather then be LOVING.

I would like you to blog back on your ideas of LOVE and what interfers with how you express it. I think this could be a good dialogue for all of us.

I am looking forward to reading all your responses.

Linda

more impatience

I woke up impatient with myself because I had no idea what to write on this blog. Blogs, I am finding are funny things, you have to tend to them, like a garden, you have to think what others may be interested in, what thoughts you can share with others. There is a lot to it. My stream of consciousness this morning...."Oh God, what made me think I could do this, Oh God, I can't learn this whole new thing, too old, too electronicly challenged, I don't have a anything to say, (not if you ask my husband, Oh God, I can not do this, I may as well turn on TV and just sit there and never try anything new, there is just too much to learn and my tool bar does not seem to be working. I can not do this I could eat, even though I just ate or I could shop, even though I don't need anything." SELF CRITICISM & SELF SABOTAGE!!!!!!! The very first two things on my New Years resolution list, Get rid of self criticism and self saboatage. To get rid of self criticism and self sabotage I have to learn loving patience.

What are some of your impatience stories ?

I am putting it out there

I am in the process of putting this blog on my webpage so all my students and friends can join in.

LIVING THE SPIRITUAL PERFECTIONS

I decided that this year I am going to try to practice the spiritual perfections of patience, generosity, gratitude, forgiveness, loving-kindness. I decided to begin with patience. The definition of patience is "Possessing or demonstrating quiet uncomplaining endurance under distress or annoyance." Uncomplaining, now that is the word I am having trouble with.  Even though I may not verbalize my impatience, I have, I am ashamed to say been seen  sighing deeply, rolling my eyes and shifting my weight from leg to leg as if I am suffering in silence. My attitude and body language can speak way louder then words. Since I have been paying attention to this perfections for over four days now, I had been telling my husband of my success at patience and told him that I was sooo patient with the slow bank teller. I smiled and waited for praise. He asked me if there was a line. I said no. He said it did not count. I don't want to stay too long on patience because the world is sure to give me more and more to be patient about. I have to learn this one good and fast so I can move on to other more interesting perfections. What about you tell me about your patience level..