I hear you, but..

I feel I've dumbed myself down here

Don't! Please, don't.. The illusion of being understood is not worth compromising your thinking. More often than not it is clearly visible that you're holding yourself back, stopping a though right in it's tracks, or merely hinting at much greater depths.

As for -

[..]impatient with the speed at which others may be going through their own processes of development

I feel it is paramount to leave other peoples' development solely in their own hands and rhythm, because one can cause even more damage, by trying to force the acceleration on the process. It pretty much backfires. Be there, be open to share wisdom when approached, but.. this is the part where sit down, be humble comes back on the playlist. We only ever have ourselves to work with either way, so if ignorance bothers you, go deeper, ask why, sort that in yourself out, but don't try to paint a fake picture on the mirror, just because you don't like a detail you see in it.

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(by the way, it may seem as if I'm addressing this to you, but I'm actually only writing this for myself) ;)

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Hugs and coffee,
~Josie~