Go with the flow

This year one of my topics for my personal growth was to be more patient. This is a huge challenge as I really did not get patience as part of my DNA. I got engraved the sense of urgency however… My mind-pattern was : all is just so very important and has to be done, decided upon or dealt with this second. Later it will be too late. And the consequences will be disastrous. So I always wanted to things to be done faster and usually created a sense of urgency. Letting go and letting things “just happen” was something I really could not wrap my mind around. My attitude and actions created a stressful and tense environment. At work we achieved high results but it also felt as if something was missing…

Several events have established more faith in my “gut feeling” which I rely on more often. And it proves to guide me just into the right direction. Two recent events like this were trusting that my missing passport would show up – which it did, it was just too late as I already took action to get a new one. The other thing was having to send in a client proposal with a friend. And we agreed to have the proposal done by the weekend. I thought about it over the weekend, but somehow stopped from taking action. This morning she would call me with more insight about the client wishes, which made us understand better what they wanted and shaped the proposal. If I would do the work on the weekend, I would have to make a lot of changes. Waiting proved more efficient.

I guess it is about time to learn the lesson that the shortcuts are sometimes the longer way and that actually if one goes with the flow one can actually come the best result.