Category Archives: Patience

Lessons in Gratitude Day 994–The Accidental Optimist

Posted on December 11, 2014 by mtchamblee

I’m not sure what happened, but somehow I’ve come to be an optimist. I never would have thought myself so, in fact I used to think of myself as not only pessimistic but cynical–which to me is an even deeper … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 936–Loving the Questions

Posted on October 6, 2014 by mtchamblee

“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books that are now written in a very foreign tongue.” ~Rainer Maria Rilke These days it seems like … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 930–Hurry Up and Wait

Posted on September 29, 2014 by mtchamblee

“Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity.” ~Henry Van Dyke It can be … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 882

Posted on December 12, 2013 by mtchamblee

Mama said there’ll be days like this, there’ll be days like this Mama said. Mama said there’ll be days like this, there’ll be days like this my Mama said. There is this interesting phenomenon that I experience every once in … Continue reading →

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Lessons in Gratitude Day 850

Posted on November 10, 2013 by mtchamblee

“Good things come to those who wait.” As written by one of my favorite authors–anonymous–this expression is feeling truer for me at the moment than it has in a while. While I am generally a relatively patient person, in order … Continue reading →

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