Any tips on impatience?

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Alright well, last year I asked God for some(thing/one) šŸ˜‰ Anyways, a couple of weeks ago I finally realized He answered yes. For a couple of years Iā€™ve had trouble listening to God, thinking I was spiritually deaf because anything I did or asked seemed in vain. But He answered my prayers to be able to listen by telling me yes to this. I donā€™t really know how to explain it, but I just know Heā€™s saying yes to my request. BUT, its yet to happen, well its started but its slow, and here starts another problem. Impatience. Iā€™m generally an impatient person, but its just so hard seeing I know Heā€™s said yes, that I want it to happen right NOW. Its starting slowly, but its hard to wait out while it takes its time. Does anyone have any solutions to impatience?
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Iā€™m generally an impatient person, but its just so hard seeing I know Heā€™s said yes,
Thatā€™s probably why Heā€™s taking his time! šŸ˜‰

Impatient? I know what you mean, sometimes it feels like you spend most of your time in ques or waiting to the point that your life seems to be ā€œwaitedā€ away? Rambling now, but you might just be suffering from excess energy of either a physical or spiritual nature.

A hobby wonā€™t hurt, try something new. Itā€™s all about growth!
 
Try taking up knitting or crotchet. Take a nice long walk everyday. Also, medication helped me. I got an antianxiety medication that I can use as needed. If I start getting uptight, Iā€™ll take it and it helps me.
 
O, Lord, grant me patience. And I want it RIGHT NOW!:amen:
hahaha touchƩ, thats the jist of it.

Im not overly impatient, I just have a yearning for things to happen NOW, but its not driving me (too) crazy [yet].
 
Another thing that helped was totalling my car, and then getting several speeding tickets all in one year. I drive much slower and more carefully now.
 
Meditate on Godā€™s patience with humanity in order to grow in patience. You might like to read slowly over time through the Psalms, the Gospel according to St John, our Ladyā€™s Maginifcat and the Letters of St Paul.

Patience and mercy are closely linked, it is impossible to be merciful without patience.

It is impossible to love without patience, ā€˜Godā€™s Love endures foreverā€™ and ā€˜Bear with one anotherā€™

It is impossible to be humble without patience, humility waits.

It is impossible to long without patience, ā€˜How I have longed to gather you under my wing like a chicken gathers her chicksā€™

Without Patience it is easy to forget to be virtuous, ā€˜for he remembered His promise of mercyā€™

Patience calms anger.ā€˜The Lord is slow to angerā€™

It is impossible to persevere without patience.

The list goes on.šŸ™‚

In my prayers
 
I have come to realize patience is something I am in great need of also. Especially with the people I am with every day. Iā€™m hoping for some ideas also, but noting that others have this problem makes me feel better, anyway.
 
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