#118 Patience (Quality 4)

     "Patience = Allowing things to unfold in their time, bringing patience to ourselves, to others, and to the present moment."

       Cardaciotto L. Assessing Mindfulness: The Development of a Bi-Dimensional Measure of Awareness and Acceptance. PhD Thesis, Drexel University, 2005.

dspace.library.drexel.edu/retrieve/4264/Cardaciotto_LeeAnn.pdf

     This too is counter-cultural isn't it? We want things now - "instant gratification". The word "cultivating" is frequently used in mindfulness. Most often we hear it in the context of gardeners who nurture plants with the loving patience of a grandmother.
     Does a wise grandmother archetype perhaps embody all the mindfulness qualities?

Jon Kabat-Zinn "The Healing Power of Mindfulness - Part 2" at Dartmouth College (27min)