Lately, I’ve been feeling as like I haven’t gotten enough done. I’m impatient.  Things aren’t happening fast enough  Can you identify?  After those thoughts comes, I’m not good enough, I’m disorganized, if only… Ok, so you get the picture?  Maybe you feel my pain?  We all sometimes stand at the the precipice of that slippery slope into self doubt and fear.  So, today, as I was rescuing myself from the jaws of self-defeat, I began to think about the many quotes and parables and stories I’ve read that tout lessons in patience.  A few that came to mind were:  slow and steady wins the race, patience is a virtue, and one step at a time.  I thought about Aesop’s Fable,The Tortoise and the Hare   http://bit.ly/UWmPw   and The Star Fish Story http://www.starrbrite.com/starfish.html and my all-time favorite, The Daffodil Story  (http://www.atthewell.com/daffodils/).  And, each of these, along with many other lessons I’ve learned from life, motivate me to just keep putting one foot in front of the other, being proud of and grateful for what I have accomplished, knowing that each step forward is getting me that much closer to my goal.  And, knowing too, that as soon as I get to one goal, there will be another, even bigger one right beyond it.  And such is life.  And I wouldn’t want it any other way!