Our practice is a path of patience, because growth takes time.
A tree doesn’t bear fruit overnight. A moon cannot rush to become full. A butterfly will emerge from the cocoon in its own time.
Deep insights and real transformation will unfold gradually through consistent effort and trust in the process.
We let go of seeking immediate results or rushing to the endpoint.
Even when challenges like discomfort or distractions arise, we learn to remain present and sit with these experiences without trying to change or fix them.
Patience is not just the fruit of our practice - it is the practice itself.
In this Take A Pause session recorded live on 5 January 2025, the TAP community turned patience into practice through observing the body, noticing hindrances that came up, and embracing each moment of the experience with gentleness, non-reactivity, and self-compassion.
We ended the session by listening to the poem “If You Would Grow” by Daniel F. Mead.
Meditation Begins: 11:06
Reading Begins: 29:28
Meditation Duration: 19 minutes
— Daniel F. Mead
If you would grow to your best self
Be patient, not demanding
Accepting, not condemning
Nurturing, not withholding
Self-marveling, not belittling
Gently guiding, not pushing and punishing
For you are more sensitive than you know
Mankind is as tough as war yet delicate as flowers
We can endure agonies but we open fully only to warmth and light
And our need to grow is as fragile as a fragrance dispersed by storms of will
To return only when those storm are still
So, accept, respect, and attend your sensitivity
A flower cannot be opened with a hammer.
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