This exercise can help you cultivate patience in your work and life.
When you find yourself in the middle of a project, a relationship, or your journey toward a personal goal, do you often find yourself rushing and trying to force things? If so, try this:
* Don't concentrate on just getting the job over with. Experience what it has to offer.
* When you find yourself rushing, take a few minutes to visualize yourself slowing down and enjoying the job. Open yourself to the wisdom you can gain when you do the job carefully.
* Pause and take a deep breath. Stop your mind from fast-forwarding into the future so you can stay involved with what you are doing now. Be fully present.
In her book Inner Gardening: Four Seasons of Cultivating the Soil and the Spirit (William Morrow), Diane Dreher says slowing down will help you concentrate your energies and gain important insight.
