learning to be patient, and listen

On Monday I wrote about how I'd had "one of those days", things just kept conspiring against me. It seemed that something was trying to stop me from sending out the letters to wildlife parks etc try and promote Andy's new cards. Why oh why didn't I listen? It's weird because when it was happening i even thought to myself - why is someone trying to stop me doing this?- but then instantly pushed the thought from my head and carried on. Then when writing the post it hit me that someone/ something was maybe trying to teach me to be patient. But again I didn't listen.On Tuesday the cards and samples were sent out so I felt very pleased with myself, but then on Wednesday a friend who'd i'd asked to proof read the letter got back to me with some brilliant advice about how to re-word the letter and jig the layout to make it more effective...arrrgggghhh....why didn't I wait?
I sent the draft letter to 4 friends , and got replies from 2 before sending them out, both of which picked up on typos but otherwise thought it looked ok, so I went ahead. I'd waited a week, which for me is a long time to be patient when i want to get something done. But now I so wish I'd just waited a little longer. The saving grace is that I only sent out 8 letters in the original format, and my plan is to send out at least another 10. Hopefully the cards will speak for themselves and I may get a response from some of those letters...but if nothing else it has taught me a lesson- now I just have to learn from it.
I was reading on Steel Kitten's blog the other day about reinforcing good habits/ ideas/ mantras etc through needlework, I'm now thinking that I should make a piece with the words "be patient" and "listen" on. Another thing to add to the to-do list, but I think it could be a powerful reminder.