Did you know that the word “patience” comes from a Latin verb “to suffer”?!  This gives new depth to the idea that you don’t want to pray for patience–all you’ll get is a chance to practice it.  And now it adds even another layer of meaning–to suffer more!

I don’t want to suffer.  I refuse to sacrifice any longer.  I don’t want to be a martyr and trudge through a life of living out of guilt or original sin.  I want to be free of pain and despair.  So I hereby give up patience.

But I do believe when the Buddha said–life is suffering he meant that it will always be an adjustment, mind and heart to the body and the world.  With our comparing brain, we are so often tortured from the inside about what should be, could be, shouldn’t have been, might be, etc.

With each deep long breath, I claim an easy surf on these human, earth-bound challenges.  I intend for this life to be an adventure rather than a struggle.  Heading into a tournament game is so much more thrilling than going into the arena to death with lions and gladiators. 

Faith is my surfboard and my snowboard, keeping me above the watery depths and hard ice.  All bumps are brilliant waves and exciting moguls that lift me high into the heavens above the here or there, yes and no, happy or sad silly stories of life.

Let’s RIDE!