Patience

This is a character trait I sometimes find hard to show consistently.

Will my hair ever grow? Will I get my dream job? Will uni ever end? lol Patience is key to get you through any difficult situation you may find yourself in. The belief that everything will work out in the end as you place your troubles in God's hands. Having faith that whatever the outcome, you will be able to....overcome lol.

Have you ever felt that you have tried your best to achieve something but when the time comes to show it, you do not get the result you were hoping for? That has happened to me countless of times. Then you start to reel off all the things you could have done differently and then wonder-

 "Did I even try my best at all if there are these tons of things I could have done differently?" 

Doubt has seeped in before you had the time to even blink to realise that you have begun to doubt yourself and God's ability to make anything happen. You start comparing yourself to others, doubting your abilities and then feel dejected until you learn to drag yourself out of that depressing hole quickly. You forget that even though you tried your best maybe you were meant to get something else from that experience- the ability to persevere; to accept criticism with grace; to be strong; to be kind and understanding; to see things beyond your perspective; to realise that your clock isn't set to the master clock. 

And when things do go your way you do your happy dance, hug a friend, praise God for being there with you and completely forget the fact you doubted the outcome as soon as you completed the task.

Have you ever heard the saying, " You can't set your time to another man's wristwatch"? I am constantly trying to search for God's so that I don't ever have to feel saddened by the fact that my outcome is not the one I wanted lol. I want to reach that state of mind where I can be patient and accept the outcome for what it is as long as I tried my best. And that the reason why I did not get the result I wanted is completely legitimate. I want to be able to learn from the experience and apply the lessons to other areas of my life.

I want to be positive, hopeful, full of faith and grace in all that I do consistently. That in itself is a hard task but I am willing to try to achieve it... or at least try my best to :)

Well...enough of that, till next time ;)

Luv, Mo xx