Patience
by Belinda Letchford
(Australia)
This little motto has helped us apply the idea of patience. We have walked through each step many times and we now remind ourselves to "Stop and think Patience" and the rest of the process is internalised.
When I feel Annoyed
I need to stop and think patience
Recognise the difficult situation
Consider the priority
Decide to change myself
We have also made up a little family hand signal to remind each other, non-verbally, to change "myself". Simply, point your finger and rotate your wrist as if something was going round and round. We actually use both hands making these circular patterns as our hand signal for "change".