tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707215866042944684.post7894277673706757903..comments2023-03-22T15:04:55.281-07:00Comments on Delicate Awakening: Learning the Art of PatienceMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693795343641111526noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707215866042944684.post-29907607567144375762011-08-11T10:27:44.727-07:002011-08-11T10:27:44.727-07:00Hi, thanks for dropping by and offering a comment....Hi, thanks for dropping by and offering a comment. I've been reading/appreciating your blog!Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693795343641111526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707215866042944684.post-75160717433362070232011-08-08T23:19:46.993-07:002011-08-08T23:19:46.993-07:00I just found your blog via LAC's blog. i enjoy...I just found your blog via LAC's blog. i enjoyed your post and your very reflective thoughts on a practice of patience. I've been challenged by my recent meditations during yoga and jogging to be mindful of the moment. Soo hard when there's so much to do. I'm not a nurse, but as a psychologist I work with many folks who strain my patience too! sometimes I mumble a few comments after I've hung up with someone and I worry that one day I will forget to push the end call button before I start mumbling!DoOrDoNothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15775977854913362396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707215866042944684.post-44883209017253532082011-08-05T01:53:47.374-07:002011-08-05T01:53:47.374-07:00I do pray the rosary occasionally and find this ty...I do pray the rosary occasionally and find this type of meditation the easiest... but just sitting... well, it's tough! I love the idea of meditating in a rocking chair. Too bad I just got rid or glider. (Little fingers couldn't seem to stay safe!)<br /><br />If I remember correctly yoga is a practice created for the sole purpose of preparing the body for meditation -no not a bad idea. Plus, the added benefit of physical activity. Problem? I think I'm lazy. I CANNOT seem to will myself to make these healthy lifestyle changes. The kids are terrible sleepers and I'm chronically exhausted. But if nothing changes, well, nothing changes! Sigh.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693795343641111526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707215866042944684.post-84816777921129869352011-08-04T18:53:03.810-07:002011-08-04T18:53:03.810-07:00Michelle,
I find that meditation is better if I p...Michelle,<br /><br />I find that meditation is better if I precede or supplement the strictly spiritual/mind stuff with some kind of physical activity--yoga was how I started meditating. Other things I do now are rosaries/prayer beads, a "mindful" bath or shower, and just yesterday I walked a labyrinth. If I'm not too anxious or high-strung (an everyday state of being, usually), knitting is great. My mind is much less fretful--monkey mind as the Buddhist gurus call it--when my body is moving in some kind of gentle, repetitive, focused way. Even rocking in a rocking chair is better than sitting on the floor in lotus position or kneeling or sitting in church-like attitudes. <br /><br />But that's just me.Sandra Keehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16979912092987681396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707215866042944684.post-17953237194382903922011-08-04T16:27:02.359-07:002011-08-04T16:27:02.359-07:00That's amazing Sandra. I think I'll follow...That's amazing Sandra. I think I'll follow your lead and try meditating on that imagery as well. I am just starting to meditate regularly and I find it really helps to have something specific to focus on at this stage.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693795343641111526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707215866042944684.post-66185169246611596992011-08-04T11:35:34.069-07:002011-08-04T11:35:34.069-07:00Yes, you were the one who introduced me to the ide...Yes, you were the one who introduced me to the idea of "drop the rocks" The image of that metaphor really grabbed me and I meditated on it for months last year. I took a meditative journey of the soul with that as my intention and had a truly fascinating experience in which I literally pulled rocks from my body and dropped them back into the transformative earth. I am still feeling the healing effects of it. I wish I could repeat the experience but that doesn't seem to be happening.Sandra Keehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16979912092987681396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707215866042944684.post-64579783618446621112011-08-01T15:46:41.223-07:002011-08-01T15:46:41.223-07:00Thanks so much for sharing your experiences Zoe. I...Thanks so much for sharing your experiences Zoe. It really helps to know someone hears and understands -especially the unique frustrations in nursing. You're right though, if we don't learn patience we'll burn out, and I feel myself needing a time-out these days. I've reduced my work hours and want to focus on health and family as much as possible so I'll be spiritually well enough to be a light rather than taking on all the negativity. Thanks for your comments!Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693795343641111526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707215866042944684.post-19123714169762178702011-08-01T07:50:28.005-07:002011-08-01T07:50:28.005-07:00P.S. Note to myself. Remember to proof read befo...P.S. Note to myself. Remember to proof read <b>before</b> posting your comment. *blush*<br /><br />... Zoe ~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707215866042944684.post-18458231205877633792011-08-01T07:45:37.488-07:002011-08-01T07:45:37.488-07:00Michelle,
I want to thank you for the work you do...Michelle,<br /><br />I want to thank you for the work you do in the nursing home. I watched my four grandparents live into their 90's and 100 and their last years were spent in homes like the one you work in. <br /><br />Your job is not an easy one and also remember you are human and our patience does wear thin. <br /><br />Something that I tried to remember (as a nurse myself) is that one day I'll be the elderly person that might go-off on staff members. :-( I might be the person who spits at you. Just know, it's not you they are spitting at...it's the stinking position of living your life to end up in a nursing home that most of us end up spitting at. :-)<br /><br />A little story I'll share. When I first graduated from nursing I was one of very few students offered a job in the hospital we trained in. My job was on the rehab/long-term care floor. On night med rounds I woke up an elderly man to give him his sleeping pill. :-)<br /><br />He was in restraints but someone managed in the blink of an eye to raise his one leg and plant his foot squarely on my right jaw. A quick reflexive blow to my mouth that brought on instant tears. Keep in mind I was bent over towards him so I had no chance of avoiding the blow. Then he yelled at me. "You wake up an old man to give him his sleeping pill?!" I thought to myself, good grief, he's right!<br /><br />I marched out to the desk and slammed my tray down. The nurse in charge saw my shock and pain and tears and quickly asked me what was wrong. I told her the story. They all knew he was like that but nobody bothered to tell me that and then I got mad at them. :-) I argued that the old man was right and what the heck we're we doing waking him up. I as told "We have to follow Doctor's orders." I mumbled something about maybe the doctor can get kicked in the jaw next time.<br /><br />Another day, one of the elderly women was sitting in her chair in the hall and she kept telling me to "F-off." Every single time I passed by! Finally, back to the desk I go and ask, "What's up with her?!" The nurses smiled an said, "Oh, funny thing about her, she's a dear lady but doesn't remember. She has severe dementia. If she knew she was doing that she'd be so ashamed. She was a church organist her whole life." I got my eyes opened then. :-)<br /><br />I don't share this to minimize in any way your experience...just to come alongside and say, been there, done that...I understand. I think these experiences do eventually teach us patience. If not we burn-out. Been there too. :-) (Found you at LAC's blog.)<br /><br />... Zoe ~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707215866042944684.post-16897843695955436462011-07-31T03:44:48.476-07:002011-07-31T03:44:48.476-07:00It's so hard to come to a place where I can ac...It's so hard to come to a place where I can accept that someone is probably never going to change, and yet, when I do, I feel such freedom!Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693795343641111526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707215866042944684.post-2643202898337631542011-07-30T09:35:49.096-07:002011-07-30T09:35:49.096-07:00Thanks for the reminder. My MIL can be difficult ...Thanks for the reminder. My MIL can be difficult and my husband and I had to learn that we can't always expect the person to change...and we just have to adjust and adapt. <br /><br />Blogger is always fustrating me....in fact, this is m y 2nd attempt at writing a comment:)Like a Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15991265512226039592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707215866042944684.post-5831099154604131432011-07-30T06:36:48.965-07:002011-07-30T06:36:48.965-07:00Thanks! Writing this post was a test of my patienc...Thanks! Writing this post was a test of my patience. I had completed it but before editing/publishing I walked away from the computer and ended up losing half of it. I guess I didn't hit "save draft" and a few hours later when I opened up the post it only had the first 3 paragraphs. The post ended up being quite different. Hopefully for the better :)Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693795343641111526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707215866042944684.post-58891715268868548892011-07-29T21:47:50.006-07:002011-07-29T21:47:50.006-07:00Love the last paragraph! Very trueLove the last paragraph! Very trueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707215866042944684.post-1785880709907980202011-07-29T19:37:56.822-07:002011-07-29T19:37:56.822-07:00@Tragedy - I promise to remind you if you promise ...@Tragedy - I promise to remind you if you promise to remind me ;)<br /><br />@Sandra - Haha. No kidding eh? Remind me, have you read the book Drop the Rock? (http://www.amazon.com/Drop-Rock-Removing-Character-Defects/dp/1592851614/ref=reg_hu-rd_add_1_dp) Have we already had this conversation? I've still got quite a few stones weighing me down.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693795343641111526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707215866042944684.post-21555818437817534962011-07-29T09:19:42.967-07:002011-07-29T09:19:42.967-07:00Darn it, Michelle! You mean I have to actually LIV...Darn it, Michelle! You mean I have to actually LIVE this spirituality stuff? Can't I just recite a creed and be done with it like everyone else? You think Christianity has something to do with our deep inner selves? Criminy! :)<br /><br />This might be harder to do than Dropping the Rocks. Which was pretty fundamentally ground shaking when I did that the first time.Sandra Keehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16979912092987681396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1707215866042944684.post-66220937131037555272011-07-29T07:19:07.530-07:002011-07-29T07:19:07.530-07:00Thank you.
This is very true. Now, all I need is...Thank you. <br /><br />This is very true. Now, all I need is for someone to remind me of it 4 or 5 hundred times a day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com