Hey, I’m Dr. Diane!

Ihave come to realize that anything worthwhile in life requires time, patience and persistence.

Patience is indeed a gift. It helps us to deal with frustrations and failures without losing our vision or becoming irritated and depressed. It helps us maintain a sense of calmness when we encounter unexpected situations that upset our schedule or require us to wait for something.

When there is no time to wait and be patient, there is often no time to think, to connect to other people at deep levels, or to create lasting memories. Emotional and spiritual maturity requires patience. In the absence of patience there is impatience, and when impatience rules, immaturity follows. Impatience can easily grow into anger, harsh words, and unpleasantness toward others.

Meditation is a wonderful way to train your mind and body to be patient. I’ve dabbled in meditation over the years, but this year I made a firm commitment to meditate regularly—well, I was sort of forced into it because I’m attending Dr. Joe Dispenza’s Week Long Advanced Retreat in April. It is an amazing intensive week where you practice meditating for multiple hours a day, so I figured I better start practicing now! Dr. Joe teaches about the limitless possibilities that exist when the mind, body, and spirit of both an individual and a community merge into one field of consciousness. This event has been on my bucket list for years, and I am beyond excited to go!

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I’ve brought on 13 new practitioners! Those are unheard-of in the last month. So I would say, give meditation a chance— unfolding of things occurring exactly when they are supposed nature to slow down, relax, and know that everything will happen

What I can tell you so far about my experience meditating daily is that not only have I had a tremendous increase in patience I’ve had, but I have also seen some truly remarkable things happen in my life since I started. As you can see, this month’s issue is 52 pages with 23 articles! In my meditations, I’ve been focusing on growing and diversifying our writers and advertisers, and over the last month I’ve brought on 13 new practitioners! Those are unheard-of results in all the years I’ve been publishing. Unbelievable synchronicities and amazing people have come into my life in the last month. So I would say, give meditation a chance— even if you only have 5–10 minutes a day.

One of the interesting opportunities that has presented itself is that I was approached by an audience engagement company who has encouraged me to consider offering a subscription package to our readers. Over the years, many people have asked to buy a subscription for home delivery, but I’ve always hesitated, for a number of reasons. I wanted to get some feedback from all of you on whether that would be of interest to you. Please take the time to email me at diane@naturalnutmeg.com and let me know!

But back to patience—examining nature is a great way to observe patience. You don’t see nature struggling against the natural course of time to speed things up. It is a beautiful unfolding of things occurring exactly when they are supposed to. What things in your life are you finding you’re lacking patience with? Are you expecting too much too soon? Take some time in nature to slow down, relax, and know that everything will happen exactly when it should.

Wishing you health and happiness,

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