Nature’s Infinite Patience

 The Athabasca Glacier is a frozen cascade of blue-tinged ice that has formed over thousands of years. It meanders between dramatically carved mountains and as it recedes and melts, the waters wash into the river ways of Northern Canada.   Today I stood on this shelf of 100 meters of compacted ice. As I surveyed the majesty of the snow-capped mountain peaks, I was conscious that there was over a thousand years of creation under my feet.  This glacier has inch by inch carved the magnificent mountains and valleys and fed the rivers for millennia. 

And as I stood there, I realized that there was a fundamental lesson being whispered to me by Mother Nature about creating and manifesting.   The lesson was encapsulated in the layers of compacted ice –

Grand creation takes time and nature has infinite patience.

In our current era we live in the “microwave culture”.  In our generation we are used to things happening quickly – Pop your dinner in the microwave and PING, two minutes later your meal is ready to eat.  One hundred years ago this meal would have taken most of the day to prepare and 50 years ago it may have taken an hour or two but in this age – PING, two minutes and it’s ready!  We have learned and been conditioned to expect immediate satisfaction.

As a Fairy Godmother I work with hundreds of people to make their dreams come true and this is one of the problems that comes up when people start manifesting their dreams – they want the “microwave” version of manifesting; the quick fix, “please-wave- your-wand-and-make-it-appear” variety of dream making.

What they sometimes forget is that in the process of creation and particularly creating out into reality that an important variable in the creation process is TIME!  When you first create your dreams or vision in your mind’s eye time is not a factor.  This part of the creation process is like planting a seed in the universal soil.  For this part of the manifesting process time does not exist – in the spiritual or universal realm there is no past or future there is only now.  It is when we are having this human experience that the construct of time exists – because the mind needs time to make sense of life.   Thus, time is needed for creation into the reality in which we live.  Time is needed for the tree to grow, the dream to hatch, for the glacier to carve the mountains and leave behind spectacular natural beauty.

“But how much time?” is a question I am often asked.  “Once I am clear on my dreams and goals; once I start visioning them in my mind’s eye;   how much time will it take for them to become reality?”

This is a difficult question to answer.  If we could understand and practice INFINITE patience then we would experience INSTANTANEOUS creation.
 
Because of our addiction to immediate results, when people who I work with do not experience quick signs of their dreams manifesting, they throw their hands up in despair and give up – “I tried, but it didn’t work” I hear them say.   Trying is not good enough.  A glacier doesn’t try to melt – it melts; a tree doesn’t try to grow – it grows and it knows that the growing takes time.

The key variables in manifesting and turning your dreams into reality are:

• Clarity of Vision
• Focus on the Dream
• Discipline to do the daily visioning
• Courage and Persistence to keep taking the necessary actions
• Passion and Perseverance
• Synchronicity and Serendipity from the Universe
• TIME

In human history, some big dreams have taken decades and some take lifetimes.  True visionaries understand that the majority of their dreams will only be realized beyond their lifetimes and yet nevertheless, everyday they still continue to walk the path to realize those dreams.

So if you have been “stomping your foot” impatiently because your dream or goal isn’t manifesting fast enough.  Take a deep breath, look out of your window at a tree outside and absorb the lesson from Mother Nature. 

Creation requires patience and creation takes time.