The Time it takes is the time it takes...

"The time it takes is the time it takes"...meditating on this statement today.  It came to me after wondering, "Why am I so adamant about forcing my solution, my way even though it clearly does not work?" Great question posed to self...I see that it's easy to do what is familiar vs stepping out to learn a different way; it takes a lot more time and effort to do differently...it also takes humility; admitting that I need help or development in an area of life. 

It takes faith in "the process of development"...that what has worked for others can work for me if I'm willing to support self; to nurture self by giving the gift of my time and patience to the quality of life, enhancement process. If I'm willing to support self by reaching out for help from others who have acquired positive outcome in the area where I am in need of development, I grow.  And if I am willing to ask God's help in guiding, directing, inspiring and comforting me, I strengthen in my trusting relationship with him...learning that I can depend on God to direct my path...that I don't have to know the answers or even where to go to get the answers; that if I surrender with a heart of a child towards God...asking for help...that He alway illuminates the path on which I am to travel...a path that always leads to victory.

Additionally, it takes commitment to self...to the process of development...that I am worthy of the time it takes to heal, to develop.  Remembering that when I push the gas on development, I fry myself mentally and physically. I suffer consequences associated with exhaustion; then everything is much more difficult to accomplish...but when I take it easy, listening to cues from my body and mind (looking for non-verbal expressions of needs like rest or wants like fun; and earnestly making effort to meet them) then life is lovely and peaceful...serene; and I grow and am able to be an example of that growth to others.

"The time it takes is the time it takes" and "Easy does it" are themes today...thank you God for the gift of self-love and appreciation...and the willingness to listen and to follow your still, small voice of wisdom when whispered ever so gently to my heart.

Have you been pushing the gas on your healing? Forcing self to rush through a process...feeling frazzled? Exhausted?  How can you integrate the themes, "The time it takes is the time it takes" and "Easy does it" into your life today...