Kitty Chat

I'm so impatient. I really am.

Now, this can be a good thing, sometimes, like when things need to be done, people organised, motivated, that sort of thing. This needs to happen now! Let's go!

It can also be a not-so-good thing when I am cooking Chinese which requires ages of mise-en-place, or baking slow-ferment bread, for instance... or doing needlework... or anything tedious. Like darning socks. Now, luckily, right about the time in any particular task that I start getting sloppy and forcing or pushing things, my anal-retentive obsessive compulsiveness kicks in and I get highly detail-oriented. (My herbs and spices are alphabetised, that sort of thing.)

“Good things come to those who wait”… didn’t I already do this theme at one point on Kitty Chat? I think I remember the link to Aerco and George Hahn’s desk with the above quote and the ending, “But only the things left by those who hustle.”

Where was I going with this? Oh yes, patience. It’s the virtue I need to learn this time around. So, I am constantly beset with opportunities to practice said virtue, which I do NOT possess, no, I really don’t, not in any great quantity. I am, however, endevouring to cultivate patience. Quiet, calm and Zen-like patience.

I think it’s easier to wait when you have loads going on. If it’s just you and the ‘thing’ you are attending, that’s when you have problems… is the thing done yet? (poke, poke) Is it ready yet? Can I use it yet? (poke, poke)

I am lucky that the people who know and love me, understand this thing about me and either adapt for me or somehow fix things so that I don't realise I am waiting... at least, not straight off.

Still, I usually figure it out and get all stressed because of it.

Deep cleansing breaths, Kitty.

Because sometimes... just sometimes, that 'thing' is really, really, really, worth the wait. Regardless.