Patience is not a virtue that I posses. What I thought might help me with this is gardening. For a long time now I have enjoyed plants and planting them. I'm not sure I pick the best varieties to go together, but I love taking an ordinary piece of ground and making it look like something. I used to want to be a landscape architect, but that never became a reality.
Yesterday I finished planting my vegetable garden and planted some annual flowers along my walkway. My kids love to help my in this chore, but me with no patience, has difficulty in letting them do this. I stupidly don't want them getting dirty. They are kids for goodness sake! Let them be! Enjoy this time with them and try to teach them something! Why can't I just relax and have fun? In my mind is how long this will take if I do it vs. how long if they help, and how much other stuff I need to get done. I don't over schedule them with extra-curricular activities, but I should schedule my day a ton better to help me and possibly teach them better.
With gardening, you have to plant and be patient and watch it grow. Then you can witness the beautiful flowers and fruit that they give you. Parenting is no different. You have a baby, nurture and teach it, and enjoy this beautiful creation that God has given you. Hopefully, I can be much more patient with my children and remember that they are precious beings that will one day be gone from my home. I have this one and only time with them now to teach and nurture them. To show them how God is love and how He wants us to live.
Patience is hard for me, but if I can get it right (and fast), maybe I can pass along this wonderful trait to them.
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