This is the season when the “I-have-to-have-it-now” syndrome often appears. Symptoms include hyperactivity, overspending, excessive debting, and lots of shopping, often for unneeded items.

Seeing something you like and putting off the purchase is more difficult now when every message from the media is buy, buy, buy. After all, we are told, we help the economy by being consumers.

Yet this is the perfect time to learn how to wait, a skill that eludes most people in this culture that encourages instant gratification. Learning to wait actually increases your chances of manifesting what you want without overspending or debting. In the case of non-consumer goods or events, learning to wait can increase your general comfort level in life.

In my observations, humans tend to be about three months early. They forget that it takes a season for a piece of fruit to ripen and a full nine months to make a baby.

When I was on my spiritual journey, I was guided to wait for a month. Every day I would sit in a chair waiting until eight o’clock at night when I could meditate. During the day there was no radio, TV, or reading, just the sound the voice in my head.

I was living in my parents house at Lake Hopatcong in New Jersey, a lovely setting. So I had pleasant visuals, but that was about it.

After a month of waiting, my approach to life changed. Now, in business, when someone says to me, “That is going to take an extra day or so,” I know that an extra day or so is no big deal. After all, I know how to wait for a month.

The Value of Waiting

Waiting allows energy to mature. If there’s something large you’re trying to manifest that requires a lot of energy, you might have to wait for a long time. During that time you can push and be in a hurry or you can wait, knowing that what you hope to achieve will come to pass at the right moment.

But to get to that right moment, you may have to wait and wait. In the end, you will be rewarded if you are willing to wait while maintaining a positive expectation of the future.

Try this

• Make an agreement with yourself that you will never buy anything when  you get that I-have-to-have-it feeling. When the feeling passes, you can make a decision about a potential purchase.
• Sit in a chair  with your eyes open doing nothing for at least 10 minutes. Actually, you are doing something. You are waiting. Listen to the sounds around you, and just observe the space you’re in. Repeat this exercise on a different day and sit for a bit longer. Keep doing this until you can sit for at least 30 minutes without feeling that you’re wasting time or experiencing any kind of anxiety.
• Whenever you find yourself pushing to get something done, stop, take a few deep breaths, and wait at least five minutes before moving forward. You will see that the whole world doesn’t fall apart when you wait.

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