Impatience

#1 - I have my monthly library poetry group tonight.  I plan on reading poems from Emory Hall, a book given to me by a friend earlier this year.  I haven't had any of my own writing to share for a while.  However as I was skimming thru Hall's book to pick which poems to share, it wore off on me and I wrote one.

#2 - I had a quick turn around as I got home last night about 8pm from an evening home visit and then had a make up visit at 7:20am this morning.  They both contained seeds of beauty.  Last night because I connected the mom to a local park she was not familiar with (we met there).  Today because this family has been a challenge to get to "goal" (a certain number of visits for the program).  Today was a make up visit though and one step closer.

#3 - I picked up a quick pre-made sandwich/dinner on Sunday because I thought I might be watching my friend's son play tennis Monday eve and not have time to make something.  That didn't happen, so today I'm grabbing that to eat between work and poetry group.  It will be a more exciting dinner than the pb&j I would pack otherwise.

#4 - The white blossoming tree outside my bedroom window is exquisite. Just having a tree outside my window is a gift. And when I walked back to my building today I could barely smell the flowering around. Everything has burst the last couple days.  

I've been paying attention.

#5 - The limitations of patience - one of my friends commented how I was a patient person - in response to waiting over 2 years to have a couch here. But patience can be categorical. I am usually patient with children, a patient driver.  However, I am feeling other areas in my life where I lack patience. Fortunately in the middle of that, are many moments of beauty, so my focus does not rest too long on my impatience.