3356: Finding Patience For Life's Unanswered Questions AND Why Can't We Stay Positive by Allison Carmen

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🗓️ 15 October 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3356: Allison Carmen encourages embracing uncertainty with patience and an open mind. In her story of Linda, a small business owner, she highlights how facing unanswered questions and difficulties can lead to growth and new opportunities. Carmen introduces the idea of "Maybe," a mindset that allows for possibility and hope, helping us stay present and resilient, even in uncertain times. Read along with the original article(s) here: http://www.allisoncarmen.com/finding-patience-for-lifes-unanswered-questions/ & http://www.allisoncarmen.com/why-cant-we-stay-positive/ Quotes to ponder: "Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books written in a foreign language." "Maybe everything can work out well, Maybe something else beneficial will happen or Maybe we will be okay no matter what." "Having an immediate answer is not always the best solution. Maybe experiencing the question will lead you to where you want to be." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is optimal living daily, finding patients for life's unanswered questions, and why can't we stay positive?
0:09.0	Both by Allison Carmen of Allison Carmen.com, and I'm Justin Molick, the guy that reads to you every single day of the year,
0:15.0	including weekends and holidays,
0:17.0	to help you live a more meaningful and positive life.
0:19.0	Two posts today, both from Allison Carmen,
0:22.0	so let's get right to them as we optimize your life.
0:29.2	Finding Patience for Life's Unanswered Questions by Allison Carmen of Allison Carmen.com.
0:36.0	Quote, have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart.
0:42.0	Try to love the questions themselves,
0:44.1	like locked rooms and like books written in a foreign language.
0:48.1	Do not now look for the answers.
0:50.2	They cannot now be given to you because you cannot live them.
0:53.4	Is a question of experiencing everything.
0:56.5	At present you need to live the question.
1:00.0	Perhaps you will gradually, without even noticing it, find yourself experiencing the answer some distant day.
1:08.0	From letters to a young poet.
1:10.0	My client Linda has a small local baking business. One day she called me so thrilled that a big supermarket chain expressed interest in some of her baked goods. Although she felt very excited, she also felt very overwhelmed.
1:25.0	She's been baking in her home and selling locally for several years.
1:30.0	Now she would need a commercial kitchen.
1:32.0	We discussed some strategies and decided upon Now she would need a commercial kitchen.
1:33.0	We discussed some strategies and decided upon calling restaurants, churches, and temples
1:38.4	to see if anybody would rent to her for 15 hours a week.
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