Learning Patience
It took a long time to realise I was taught to rush to rush the sensation of personal growth To rush through parenting in some ways to rush through life.
In a society that pushes progress and perseverance learning patience and to pause was an art form.
It started in my 20s realising that the system I've been using for my child's schooling was all about pushing It was all about shoving progress forward regardless I want my whether my child fell or tripped was merely dragged into the next grade.
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It was a slow realisation then it didn't matter to the teachers or the staff or the other students or everybody I was comparing myself to that my kid was actually learning actually asking questions actually happy instead what was important was the push forward. Like a race And the only thing that made was the finish line But that doesn't work with education unless not for all children.
So we home educated and by spending day by day watching, acknowledging my own need for learning. What had been lacking both within myself and the education system was a sensation of patience.
The ability to pause and breathe Allow days to be slow this educational style then led to the ability for days to be deliberate, Not a race to the next book or the next chapter. you better place long questions Detailed explanations and overall a better understanding was on the curriculums but of each of our needs.
In this stillness it allowed space for spirituality and faith. The pause filled up with a kind of learning where a question led to another.
When learning not to race through today we are able to fully embrace and experience it. In the pause we can enjoy the all the joy and the curiosity together.
