Open Your Eyes with McKay Christensen S3E09 - While You Wait
This week, McKay shines his spotlight on the theme of patience and waiting, emphasizing the profound importance of cultivating patience as a skill that can unlock the immense potential within each individual. Throughout the episode, he highlights the far-reaching positive impact that patience can have on various aspects of life, while also offering some examples that demonstrate the dire consequences of succumbing to impatience.
Delving into the profound significance of patience, particularly in a world that thrives on instant gratification, our host reveals the immense power that lies within our waiting periods, and how seizing these moments can lead to extraordinary outcomes. The many hidden treasures of patience and waiting are on full display here today as McKay inspires listeners to embrace the art of waiting with open arms and discover the incredible possibilities that await.
Episode Highlights:
- The value of recognizing one's potential and purpose, and striving for improvement
- The consequences of impatience and the negative outcomes it can lead to
- The many benefits of patience
- The significance of waiting in various aspects of life
- Using waiting periods for productive actions and personal growth
- Practical examples of making the most of waiting times
- Waiting engaged and parenting
- Making waiting time valuable for growth and building strong foundations
Quotes:
"In the big things and little things of life, it's what you do while you wait that matters."
"Patience is strongly correlated with per capita income, meaning patient people earn more money."
"Whatever the outcomes of patience, the ability to wait patiently is a skill that can benefit you and me."
"There's a difference between parents who just wait and parents who wait engaged."
"Those who wait upon the Lord will renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint." - Isaiah 40:31
"Patience isn't waiting; it's how you behave while you're waiting. Do all you can in the gaps in your day. Make your waiting the best ever."
"Time is one of God's best tools to help you win in life. Lean into waiting with faith in Him, and watch as you rise to walk, run, and travel your best life."
"Have patience with all things, but first of all, with yourself." - Saint Francis de Sales
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