Patience is a difficult thing to teach children. It is hard to tell a two-year-old bounding with energy that she has to sit and wait for something. Similarly, when children become teenagers, it is likewise difficult to exercise patience – both for parents and teens. It is one of those things that unfortunately and hopefully, comes with age and experience.
Patience is the companion of wisdom ~~ St. Augustine
Speaking of patience, I engaged in one of the ultimate tasks of patience — planting fall bulbs. I planted well over one hundred bulbs in the last few days. A task totally without any form of instant gratification. All those little bulbs are nestled deep in the soil, covered over with mulch and waiting, patiently, for their time to bloom. No visible sign to substantiate the work.
Patience is the key and will be the reward. Unless some chipmunk has its way in the interim, I will be rewarded in the spring with some beautiful flowers. All good things come to those that wait.
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November 16, 2011 at 10:32 pm
Gail Coufal
Dear Tammy,
Hi from Gail – you wrote a lovely comment in response to my cancer plays on talkingwriting.com ([published in Oct.) I am finally getting around connecting with some people who responded and left a link to connect. An initial scan of your blog here is so fabulous. I am slow-ish, right now it can be difficult for me to read well on screen, so I will have to pick my battles and print some stuff.
I look forward to carefully reading your piece on slowing down. I am currently on medical leave, slogging through intensive psych treatment post “hostile work environment” when I finally could not keep up. It is deja vu all over again with chemo brain. Can you believe most people in health care and HR somehow believe it doesn’t actually exist? As in my plays, I must say hahahaha!
Look forward to reading more of your work. Be well, have fun.
love & magic,
gc
November 17, 2011 at 10:37 pm
tammyheff
Gail, thank you for the lovely follow-up. I so enjoyed reading your work. It was truly inspiring. Hope you come back often. Wishing you all best.
Tammy