Lord, teach me to be patient - with life,
with  people, and with myself.
I sometimes try to hurry things along  too much,
and I push for answers before the time is right.
Teach me to trust your sense of timing
rather than my own and to surrender my will
to Your greater and wiser plan.

Help me let life unfold slowly, like the small rosebud
whose petals unravel bit by  bit, and remind me that in hurrying the bloom along,  I destroy the bud and much
of the beauty therein.

Instead, let me wait for all to unfold in its own time.
Each moment and state of  growth contains a loveliness.
Teach me to slow down enough to appreciate life and
all it holds.   Amen