“Patience is not just about waiting for something… it’s about how you wait, or your attitude while waiting.”  

 ~ Joyce Meyer

This whole week I’ve been saying “Gosh this year is almost over!”

Before I began this last post for #FridayReflections  for 2016, I went back to last year’s post on Word of the Year. I was amazed to find that it was almost to the date,  that I wrote a post that I linked up to #Word of the Year. Foolishly, I realised that my word for 2016 was BE ME.  This year I choose PATIENCE as my #Word of the Year

Why PATIENCE is my WORD OF THE YEAR

Being yourself would seem the easiest thing in the world. After all who knows you better than you know yourself?

Unfortunately, I find that even though I was trying to be true to myself,  there was just no way  I could only BE ME. Therefore, it comes as no surprise when I find that most of  the goals I had set for myself in 2016 remained unfulfilled.

While I did take marginal steps ahead, I found that there were several aspects  of my life that left me dissatisfied.   For instance, my weight didn’t go down. My heart rate didn’t go up.. …..So while my blog stats did improve, I didn’t become a super star.

What I realised was that while some people have mastered Pareto’s 80/20 principle I seem to have mastered the inverse! No matter how hard I try, it never really seems good enough.

However, what this year has taught me is that what I really need is to be patient.

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Things happen when they have to

If there’s one thing I’ve learnt over the years is that things only happen when they are meant to happen. Time and time again I’ve been a lady in waiting, hoping against hope for something to happen. Then , when I’ve almost given up, or when I least expect it, doors open and stars shine and the  much awaited  happens. I’ve found that rushing things doesn’t always work…………

Trying to do things in a rush almost always leads to disaster. So perhaps I do really need to be patient and wait for things to fall in place.

I’m linking this up with  Sanchie Vee  at  #FridayReflections and Laurel Regan‘s special Word of the Year linkup at http://www.alphabetsalad.com/.

Do join in and see  how the year has been for other bloggers  and what they have chosen as their #Word of the Year!