Enjoy The Middle Of The Thing

Weekly Reading · Patience

Everyone wants to get to the finish line. This week, the readings keep saying to slow down and stay in the middle.

The middle is the good part

Think about a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. The bread is fine, but nobody makes the sandwich for the bread. The stretch you are in right now, building, learning, waiting on something to develop, is the peanut butter and the jelly.

Rushing breaks things

When something is growing in your life, pushing it toward the end tends to damage it. Patience here is not passive. Keep working and keep showing up, and let the thing develop at the pace it wants. A light-hearted attitude helps more than extra pressure.

How to tell you are rushing

If you check for results every day, you are rushing. If you catch yourself planning the celebration before the work is done, same thing. Pick one small part of today that you can enjoy, and do it again tomorrow.

Full readings for all twelve signs are on the weekly readings page.