A lesson in patience...

My new, OTHER blog is gone! Yikes! My friend and I were working on a collaborative project called Ditching the Cart, and our blog was new and fresh, and hopeful for a great start! We were pretty confused and sad to see it gone but as it turns out, it was created on the very day blogger had some issues.  So it vanished.

In light of that, Blogger has been so attentive, and gracious to work so hard to restore things, but until it's up and running again, we must wait...

Patience is never a lesson that I think anyone finds fun. I really cannot think of a lesson in patience that was pleasant or easy. This, obviously is very low on the grandscale of lessons in patience. My three year old son, on any given day can test my patience far more effectively than any dissappearing blog will ever do. But moreso than a lesson in patience is the lesson in letting go.

Much of what we might become impatient about is really a lesson in flexibility and non-attachment in disguise. When I am impatient with my son, it's usually because I am trying to get him to do something that I feel fits in my scenario of a perfect day, or perfect behavior, or an acceptable response. When I am impatient about something I am doing not turning out right, it's usually because I am projecting onto the task an image of how I want things to be.

So in addition to remaining patient, what helps patience along is the act of letting go, of taking it easy, of not being so attached to things turning out exactly how you want them to be.

For today, I'm going to take this time to be patient, attempt to release any preconceived notions I have about timing and how I want this project up and running, and go with the mindset of everything turning out as it should. Of everything happening for a reason, and realizing that all things have their own time to grow in their own way. Blogs, gardens, and children too..

For what it's worth, this disappearing blog is happening for a reason, and whatever lesson I can glean from that is only a good thing, even if I didn't imagine it that way.