The Spiritual Purpose Of Patience

Life has been teaching me that patience is indeed a virtue. I have been becoming much more patient than I used to be. It is one of the lessons that I will have to learn in this lifetime.

Patience is something that we are all told to have more of, but it can be difficult to be patient in trying circumstances or stressful times. Often we are wanting to advance in our life, and we have to get from one point to the next as quickly as possible, while patience is all about a spiritual ‘halt.’

Patience often ties into our soul contract, and why we have come here. We have to learn certain lessons before we can get to the next level. We can try to bypass patience, and force things to happen our way, but remember each of us have come here with a soul contract that guides us along our path. The higher self always knows which way is the best and easiest, but we try to rush things, and we jump into things and get ahead of ourselves, in ways that we should not.

We don’t always listen to our inner voice, and for this there are usually repercussions. Being impatient only serves to slow us down, or complicate our progress. Spirit is telling us that we can get to where we need to go, but it may take our time to get there. Our guides try to intervene and keep us paused. If only we would pay attention and listen.

Patience is all about understanding ourselves. When you send a wish or desire out into the Universe, you can’t dictate when it is going to come back to you, but you must trust that the Universe is going bring you to the place that you want to be.

Spiritual growth is not like fast food. It takes time for its roots to grow, and that requires us to be receptive and patient ~ Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

When you are feeling rushed and restless, ask yourself if you are putting the cart before the horse? What are you really trying to get at? What is the urgency? Are you trying to fill a void? Are you trying to get away from your true feelings? When we are feeling impatient, we have to stop and take a look within, to see what it is that is causing us to feel this way.

Spiritual patience is a necessity, because without it our path cannot unfold as it is meant to be. Things are meant to happen when they happen, and in their own divine time. Learning to be patient helps us realize and understand our soul purpose.