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rroundings I tell myself I have been given the gift of a lesson in patience. I usually calm down in thirty to sixty seconds. I look at the whole situation differently. My focus is on the lesson and not the situation. It is a lesson that I need. It is a self-skill that I need and want to improve on. Every day we have lessons in beauty, we have lessons in caring, we have lessons in love, and we have lessons in sharing.When we are unwinding at the end of the day or recording the things were grateful for that day, wouldn’t it be great if we wrote I was given a lesson in patience today and let a person with less items ahead of me in line at the store. I was offered the lesson in sharing when I donated money to the homeless shelter. I could go on and on with the opportunities we have on a daily basis for seeking the lesson.The Lesson:I have two, one happened just now after I read the prompt the other happened a few days ago. I read the prompt and was trying to decide if I was going to write a poem, a little story, or talk about a lesson. I decided to seek the lesson and to all of the above. But my lesson was as I was walking to my back hall to put something into my recycle bin I passed by a shelf where I have a little container of odds and ends, clips, batteries, well stuff. The papers hit is and knocked it off. There was stuff scattered all over the floor. This was an opportunity to once again curse at myself. What I actually did was start laughing. The first thing that popped into my mind because of the prompt was “Seek the Le

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sson”. I laughed, bend over picked everything up. Put the container back on the shelf where I could get at it if needed but where it was not again going to me knocked over accidently. Problem solved, laughter felt, and lesson learned.I have been trying to schedule my Covid19 shot for a couple weeks since I became eligible to do so. There are not enough does in my area to do them all like everywhere. The site I am to schedule them on kept pushing back that you could schedule an appointment. Firstly day by day then a couple days then six. Finally there were new appointments open. I had seen the screen time and time again. I got there and refreshed the screen. I was looking at the same screen (so I thought). I kept refreshing thinking that they were just not as punctual as me. Finally after about ten minutes I CAREFULLY read the screen. There was a new short sentence added. Press button at the bottom of the screen. To get to the bottom of the screen you had to scroll down quite a bit. I hit the button, I got redirected and for the next ninety minutes I would click and get to a screen saying they were overloaded. Then POOF I finally got through. I got through to a screen that said “We are sorry there are no more appointments available, check back on Monday we hope to have more.” This was the perfect opportunity for me to get angry at myself, the site, and the world in general. Instead I laughed saying to myself next time you will know to scroll down right away and you will get an appointment. I successfully learned that lesson in patience.</article></body>

Weekend Prompt: Seek the Lesson

The Poem:

Choices each we have to pick Micro responses happen quick Choose ignore it repeats for sure Frustration? Laughter? Anger too! All are options we could choose. But one tops all I’ve learned is key. In something new or seen time or two Choose Seek The Lesson and growth ensues!

The Story:

One of the ways I have grown over the months here in my Spiritual growth and the lessons that you have all taught me, is to seek the lessons in situations. I would routinely get upset with myself for doing something I perceived dumb or stupid. I would get frustrated with other people for not doing what I would do or see what I am seeing. One of the lessons a friend here taught me was how often we are given the gift of a lesson in patience. Traffic not moving as you would wish, the que too long at the grocery store, having a hard time getting through to customer service? These are all perfect situations to experience and lesson in patience. Now when I catch myself when I am mindful of my surroundings I tell myself I have been given the gift of a lesson in patience. I usually calm down in thirty to sixty seconds. I look at the whole situation differently. My focus is on the lesson and not the situation. It is a lesson that I need. It is a self-skill that I need and want to improve on. Every day we have lessons in beauty, we have lessons in caring, we have lessons in love, and we have lessons in sharing.

When we are unwinding at the end of the day or recording the things were grateful for that day, wouldn’t it be great if we wrote I was given a lesson in patience today and let a person with less items ahead of me in line at the store. I was offered the lesson in sharing when I donated money to the homeless shelter. I could go on and on with the opportunities we have on a daily basis for seeking the lesson.

The Lesson:

I have two, one happened just now after I read the prompt the other happened a few days ago. I read the prompt and was trying to decide if I was going to write a poem, a little story, or talk about a lesson. I decided to seek the lesson and to all of the above. But my lesson was as I was walking to my back hall to put something into my recycle bin I passed by a shelf where I have a little container of odds and ends, clips, batteries, well stuff. The papers hit is and knocked it off. There was stuff scattered all over the floor. This was an opportunity to once again curse at myself. What I actually did was start laughing. The first thing that popped into my mind because of the prompt was “Seek the Lesson”. I laughed, bend over picked everything up. Put the container back on the shelf where I could get at it if needed but where it was not again going to me knocked over accidently. Problem solved, laughter felt, and lesson learned.

I have been trying to schedule my Covid19 shot for a couple weeks since I became eligible to do so. There are not enough does in my area to do them all like everywhere. The site I am to schedule them on kept pushing back that you could schedule an appointment. Firstly day by day then a couple days then six. Finally there were new appointments open. I had seen the screen time and time again. I got there and refreshed the screen. I was looking at the same screen (so I thought). I kept refreshing thinking that they were just not as punctual as me. Finally after about ten minutes I CAREFULLY read the screen. There was a new short sentence added. Press button at the bottom of the screen. To get to the bottom of the screen you had to scroll down quite a bit. I hit the button, I got redirected and for the next ninety minutes I would click and get to a screen saying they were overloaded. Then POOF I finally got through. I got through to a screen that said “We are sorry there are no more appointments available, check back on Monday we hope to have more.” This was the perfect opportunity for me to get angry at myself, the site, and the world in general. Instead I laughed saying to myself next time you will know to scroll down right away and you will get an appointment. I successfully learned that lesson in patience.