A lesson in PATIENCE

I went to www.newlifeexpo.com in NYC yesterday. Attended an awesome Energy healing panel. More on that and the amazing energy of those healers later. Before the panel starts, i went into the marketplace and bought some crystals and pendulums.

One fluorite stone JUMPED out at me - it had the word PATIENCE on it.

Although I walk the path of Light and try to treat everyone with kindness, caring and respect, I am only human and at times falter. There are a couple people who seem to cause a lot of conflict with me. When they push my buttons, I push back sometimes with terrible repercussions. I know now that all I can control is my reaction and I am working on staying calm through the Chaos that sometimes follows when I lose my control. I must admit that I do care about these people a great deal and am blessed that I have received forgivenss from them when I have acted impatiently... I went so far as to hang up on one of them a couple weeks ago. It shows much for his charachter that he was able to forgive me. I now realize that we have much to teach each other.

I have acknowledged that having more PATIENCE and controlling the anger that they seem to evoke in me is something that I need to work on.
I realize that these people have been put in my life to teach me lessons and to help me grow and learn from those lessons.

Sometimes I seem to want to force the hand of fate and get annoyed when people drag their feet and will not get back to me. Nothing makes me crazier than vagueness and uncertainty. At those times, I do try to be more patient because I know that is what is needed.

So I bought the PATIENCE crystal, some peach Moonstone, and a few others. But for some reason it was the PATIENCE stone that I was drawn to and slipped it into the pocket of my jeans in a small bag that I use to carry my crystals around.

When I came back from NYC,I was so calm and centered, trying to remain grounded to earth and open to source. I was meeting a friend and we went to Karaoke to have some laughs and funs with a few friends. Now my friend who was picking me up at the train was not there when I arrived.

I called and she thought she had another hour. No problem.. I am relaxed and go to Dunkin Donuts for some coffee, My friend arrives and is sorry that she is late. She is a bit challenged on the patience area also. Told her no problem, I let people know we were running late. We were to meet another friend who showed up much later. This friend is always very laid back and extremely patient.

While, I was waiting for my PATIENT friend to arrive.. I was telling another friend about my seminar and purchases. I went to take out the smooth, oval stone to show it off and it flew out of my hand, hit the floor and a small corner of it chipped off. The old me of a couple years ago would have been a bit ticked off. Now, I see my glass as half full and caught the irony in what happened right off the bat.

Instead of getting angry that I ruined the stone, my finger was now drawn to the imperfection and the stone seemed more alive. I realized that the Universe was telling me that it is not the people who are calm and centered and who already love me that I need the patience with. It is the ones who are 'rough around the edges' those that PUSH, PROD and POKE at me are usually the ones that challenge me most. THEREFORE, it is the ONES WHO ARE ROUGH AROUND THE EDGES that I need to be most PATIENT with. Those are the people when I connect with them and do not exercise extreme tact and patience, who I sometimes get really annoyed with me. Now, I know that they will also be the ones to help me learn my greatest lessons - all I need do is meditate with the stone and absorb the PATIENCE that it seems to transmit to me. I have a feeling it is going to be my new companion!

For the longest while, I was constantly carrying and sleeping with my Rose Quartz and it did much to heal my heart. I also bought stones that had the word BALANCE and another with the word EMBRACE. I did not chose the stones, they chose me. I hope to learn much from them.

Be Calm Through the Storm & stay always in the light. . .
In Faith, Hope & Love,
Gina