Tag: patience

Tag: patience

Active Listening, Observing for Awareness

Learn to sit back and observe; not everything deserves a response. Sometimes the most powerful response is no response at all – just awareness. —Roy T Bennett. Note: Active listening gives you the opportunity to patiently seek understanding of what the other person is saying, without being distracted by your own thoughts and beliefs. Question:

Love, Patience, Yes to Life

He who does not love life has no patience with it. —-Ramano Guardini Note: Guardini explaines that true patience requires the strength to accept reality, grow slowly, and trust the natural, imperfect turns of existence. Question: Rather than resisting, being angry, or blaming, how can we accept the present moment as we patiently and faithfully

Be like water

Flow like water around obstacles; keep your course. —Adapted from Bruce Lee’s speech. Note: Be flexible and creative as you face life’s obstacles, taking steps that align with your intention, free of attachment. Allow patience and perseverance to guide your actions along a peaceful path. Question: How can you remain present, peaceful, and persistent on

Give Each Other the Safety to Identify and Express Emotions and Feelings

“Feelings are something you have; not something you are.” ― Shannon L. Alder Note: Creating a safe environment to explore feelings openly and honesty builds the foundation for a healthy relationship. This opens the safe space to understand and challenge the thoughts that generate distressing feelings. Question: What can you do to make it safe