Impatience & Patience, Cultivating Community

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Our community is coming together.

There are connections, bonds, and relationships unfolding.

I love being in these spaces and seeing and feeling these connections between aligned people.

And because the community is meant to grow on its own, I also love just “hearing” about how members are really getting to know each other and are even beginning to collaborate.

As wonderful as all of this is in beginning to come together…

I admit that sometimes I’m a bit impatient with this question…

“How can we connect more?”

I sometimes “overthink” “overfeel” and “overdo” when it comes to how to make the next thing happen.

I’d also say that impatience is one of these “patterns” that have a lesson or message.

And sometimes it’s not always easy to receive the message on our own.

It’s also why connections and community can be so valuable for not just learning “things” but learning about ourselves and additional perspectives for what’s going on.

@Karen Falkenberg

on our Town Square Gathering call, shared that creating a community and relationships is a lot like gardening. It takes time. It requires patience. You have to create the fertile soil, you plant the seeds, you nurture, and things don’t always go the way you planned, but you learn and you keep growing, and you keep tending to the garden.

@Chris Brandwein

, I had a call with her yesterday about how to continue to grow our community. And I asked my question…

“How can we connect more of our people?”

With warmth and insight she interrupted my tangent after I asked.

“That’s your impatience talking.”

I received that. I knew it was true. The “impatience” that comes when you’re excited about what’s being created and what’s coming, rather than just being patient and allowing.

Chris even said that there is already very fertile ground for connections to happen and that she’s already connected with 3 amazing individuals that she didn’t know before.

I felt myself relax after hearing this from her.

And this IS what we are creating together.

Felt spaces with caring and grounded people where we simply show up as ourselves, share honest insights and real perspectives, and we’re all better for it.

It’s very simple what we’re creating here together, though it does require some ingredients that are hard to come by…

Intention, openness, and time.

From the Shadow of Impatience comes the Gift of Patience.

And from the Gift of Patience comes the Essence of Timelessness.

Thank you everyone for being here at the beginning.

We’re creating something amazing. Let’s play, allow, flow, and just enjoy cultivating community.

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Impatience & Patience, Cultivating Community