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==Session==
==Session==
===Opening===
===Opening===
Greetings, children, I am Ham, and I welcome you this evening and am happy to have this small and dedicated group. Let us speak about impatience.
Greetings, children, I am Ham, and I welcome you this evening and am [[happy]] to have this small and [[dedicated]] group. Let us speak about impatience.
===Lesson===
===Lesson===
The human being is only used to relatively short periods of time. You cannot really measure time longer than your lifetimes. Time to you goes in short measures of predictability. And it is easy to be impatient with the longer plans of your Father. Humans want to have instant solutions to problems.
===='''''[[Patience]]'''''====
The [[human being]] is only used to relatively short periods of [[time]]. You cannot really measure time longer than your lifetimes. Time to you goes in short measures of [[predictability]]. And it is easy to be impatient with the longer [[plans]] of [[your Father]]. Humans want to have instant solutions to [[problems]].
Americans especially like the quick fix, the instant breakfast, the microwave lunch, the fast-food restaurants, everything decided and quickly executed and resolved.
[[USA|Americans]] especially like the quick fix, the instant breakfast, the microwave lunch, the fast-food restaurants, everything [[decided]] and quickly [[executed]] and resolved.
Think of real patience. What it would entail. Imagine waiting a year, ten years, and twenty years for an answer to a question. But indeed, that is the time-frame many answers take. Twenty, thirty years ago, all of you asked: what is my purpose? Why was I born? What am I here for? Answers are slow in coming. And they may not be answered yet. But rest assured, the answers will come in time. A family is not raised and nurtured in a day, or a week. Life is not long but in many ways, it is not short either. It is a period of searching, a period of finding some things and perhaps not others.
[[Think]] of real [[patience]]. What it would entail. [[Imagine]] waiting a year, ten years, and twenty years for an answer to a [[question]]. But indeed, that is the time-frame many answers take. Twenty, thirty years ago, all of you asked: what is my [[purpose]]? Why was I [[born]]? What am I here for? Answers are slow in coming. And they may not be answered yet. But rest [[assured]], the answers will come in time. A [[family]] is not raised and nurtured in a day, or a week. Life is not long but in many ways, it is not short either. It is a period of searching, a period of finding some things and perhaps not others.
It is important during this time to be patient for many things. For impatience leads to rash judgments and solutions which may not be tempered with time. This teaching endeavor is in its infancy. The students who come and follow the Melchizedek curriculum will often be bored, tired, uneasy, because this curriculum is designed to make you uneasy. It is designed to bring up problems to be dealt with, not to adopt an attitude of denial. An attitude of resignation and sweeping problems under the rug so that others will not see.
It is important during this time to be [[patient]] for many things. For impatience leads to rash [[judgments]] and solutions which may not be tempered with [[time]]. This teaching endeavor is in its [[infancy]]. The students who come and follow the [[Melchizedek curriculum]] will often be [[bored]], [[tired]], uneasy, because this [[curriculum]] is designed to make you uneasy. It is designed to bring up [[problems]] to be dealt with, not to adopt an [[attitude]] of denial. An [[attitude]] of resignation and sweeping [[problems]] under the rug so that others will not see.
This is a curriculum of first, deep psychological probing. It is not designed to make you instantly feel good, that you might forget your problems for a while. NO, you have your churches, you have your entertainment for all that. These sessions are meant to cause some psychological upheavals in the beginning. To make each one face squarely the realities of life and the realities of one's inner psychological make-up.You cannot paint over rotting wood, and expect it to be strong. You must replace the boards, one by one. You must build solidly your psychological foundations before there should be other types of action among teaching mission students.
This is a curriculum of first, deep psychological probing. It is not designed to make you instantly feel good, that you might forget your problems for a while. NO, you have your churches, you have your entertainment for all that. These sessions are meant to cause some psychological upheavals in the beginning. To make each one face squarely the realities of life and the realities of one's inner psychological make-up.You cannot paint over rotting wood, and expect it to be strong. You must replace the boards, one by one. You must build solidly your psychological foundations before there should be other types of action among teaching mission students.