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About this blogger: Day 52: The Challenge of Overcoming Feelings of Impatience when Frustrated 

Dr. Ronda’s examples: I was dying to see the new house my daughter in LA is renting and also the Church that I prayed would be in walking distance. A mile is walking distance but for an oldie like me, maybe not, so I wanted to see how far it really seemed. We went to see the house, prior to moving in, but it was not deemed that there was time to pass the Church. I felt crest-fallen and very impatient, but I held it in and offered it up and that way prevented making the day ugly for the others on the trip. Then I got an upset stomach from something I ate – usual for me. Since I wanted to help packing I didn’t want to be running to the toilet all afternoon. My daughter gave me a prescription medicine she had around. It had the funny effect of making me go into some kind of minor amnesia for 12 hours (including sleeping throughout the night.) I felt frightened. It turned out all right, but I was impatient that we couldn’t quite figure it out and it messed up all my packing goals. I am having to PATIENTLY await the return of normal energy since I feel groggy today, a crucial last minute packing day. I don’t have much choice, but the choice is, with God’s grace, to curb the impatient reaction in favor of humble resignation. Not knowing if all the cars would be needed for the move so I couldn’t get to Mass. Here in LA it would take $100 to get back and forth to Mass even though it’s 3 miles away.

Your examples:

Prayer: Jesus, how slow life on earth most have been to you after the eternal/infinite/all togetherness of heaven! You chose to embrace this our slow frustrating state of being. Help us value sweet resignation over efficiency. 

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