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Patience // Paciência


 

It’s been a while.

I know.

I would like to redefine me. I would like to be softer, more lovely. I would like to reach people’s hearts with a word, a smile, a hug.

Sometimes, these are the simplest things that we cannot do. I want to, but when the opportunity finally comes, something goes wrong in my head, and … the opportunity was wasted with my poor choice of words, I mix up all the problems and say things to the wrong person, or with the wrong emotion. And the real intention had never come up. One more time we feel like **** I think that we are useless, we are unable to do anything right.

There are so many reasons that what I want is not what I do.

So, what can I do about it? Actually, I don’t see anything else but keep on trying. One day, who knows… my brain just gets it.

Or, I can respond to such reactions differently. Imagine that a simple conversation goes wrong. How?? Who knows? I just know that right in the middle of it, out of nowhere, it happened so fast, I get myself in the middle of an argument that in that moment seems really worth it. But if for a fraction of a second, I could realize that it is not worth it, could I (or you) stop the argument? Maybe, right?

But I can only imagine that whoever started misunderstanding the conversation, just misunderstood it. And why can’t I let it go? Why does my mind keep playing it over and over trying to fix it, when I know that there is no going back on time to avoid that conflict.

But, as the years go by, we tend to get a little more smart and wise. I should have learned already that not all arguments were intended to hurt. In fact, I think a very few of them are,  in fact, with bad intentions. So, knowing this, I should let it go easily. Because not only it might have been a misunderstanding, but also the other person or I just wanted to do the right thing and couldn’t. We fail so many times, with so many people, and it should not be hard to forgive those who have failed me.

Patience is a fruit of the Spirit. It is also a virtue. I can also call it a gift. Some people are born with tons of patience, others lack it. But that doesn’t justify being impatient or rude, or unforgiving. Because as I can practice for a marathon, I can also practice being more patient.

No one ever gets to run a whole marathon without practice and persistence. I, for example, have never trained for a marathon. However, I have been practicing my patience for some time now. It also gives a good feeling of victory when we overcome some terrible times of waiting or forbearing hard situations of hard people. It gives hope for those who lack it, the same way the marathon one day was my goal, but unfortunately, my body failed me.

If you have Jesus is your life, and you are sure that you abide in Him and He in you. The practice should not lead you to give up, but to persist. He is the one who strengthens me, and He is the one who can strengthen you too.

We need patience more than we would like to think about it.

 

What do you think?

 

 

Faz algum tempo.

Eu sei.

Eu gostaria de me redefinir. Eu gostaria de ser mais suave, mais adorável. Eu gostaria de tocar o coração das pessoas com uma palavra, um sorriso, um abraço.

Às vezes, essas são as coisas mais simples que não consigo fazer. Quero, mas quando a oportunidade finalmente chega, algo dá errado na minha cabeça, e ... a oportunidade foi perdida com minha má escolha de palavras, misturo todos os problemas e digo coisas para a pessoa errada, ou com a emoção errada . E a verdadeira intenção nunca apareceu. Mais uma vez me sinto como ... ***** com vontade de pensar que sou inútil, que não consigo fazer nada direito.

Existem tantas razões pelas quais o que quero não é o que faço.

Então, o que posso fazer a respeito? Na verdade, eu não vejo mais nada, mas continuo tentando. Um dia, quem sabe ... meu cérebro simplesmente entende.

Ou posso responder a essas reações de maneira diferente. Imagine que uma simples conversa dê errado. Como?? Quem sabe? Só sei que bem no meio dela, do nada, aconteceu tão rápido, me meto no meio de uma discussão que naquele momento parece realmente valer a pena. Mas se por uma fração de segundo eu percebesse que não vale a pena, eu (ou você) poderia parar a discussão? Talvez, né?

Mas posso apenas imaginar que quem começou a interpretar mal a conversa, simplesmente a entendeu mal. E por que não posso deixar para lá? Por que minha mente fica repetindo isso sem parar de tentar consertar, quando eu sei que não há como voltar no tempo para evitar esse conflito.

Mas, com o passar dos anos, a gente tende a ficar um pouco mais inteligentes e sábios. Pois,  já deveria ter aprendido que nem todos os argumentos têm a intenção de ferir. Na verdade, acho que muito poucos deles são, de fato, com más intenções. Portanto, sabendo disso, devo (deveria) deixar para lá facilmente. Porque, não só pode ter sido um mal-entendido, mas também a outra pessoa ou eu apenas queríamos fazer a coisa certa e não conseguiu.

Falhamos tantas vezes, com tantas pessoas, e não deveria ser difícil perdoar aqueles que falharam comigo.

A paciência é fruto do Espírito. Também é uma virtude. Também posso chamar de dom. Algumas pessoas nascem com muita paciência, outras não têm. Mas isso não justifica ser impaciente, rude ou implacável. Porque como podemos praticar para uma maratona, também podemos praticar ser mais pacientes.

Ninguém consegue correr uma maratona inteira sem prática e persistência. Eu, por exemplo, nunca treinei para uma maratona. No entanto, venho praticando minha paciência há algum tempo. Também dá uma boa sensação de vitória quando superamos alguns tempos terríveis de espera ou tolerando as situações e pessoas difíceis. Dá esperança para quem não tem, da mesma forma que a maratona um dia foi meu objetivo, mas infelizmente meu corpo falhou.

Se você tem Jesus em sua vida, e tem certeza de que permanece Nele e Ele em você. A prática não deve levar você a desistir, mas a persistir. Ele é quem me fortalece e pode fortalecer você também.

Precisamos de paciência mais do que gostaríamos de pensar a respeito.

 

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