Waiting
Waiting is for me the HARDEST part of anything really. I don't want to wait for the dishes to wash, or the clothes to dry, or sit in traffic, or wait for a favorite holiday to arrive, or to hear God answer my prayers. Yes, I know that took a crazy hard turn, but it's the real life moments that bring us into reality. We live in an instantaneous world. Where you don't even have to wait for the commercial to be over, because Netflix doesn't have commercials. Anyone else grow up folding clothes in front of the tv, and run to put them away during the commercial so you didn't miss anything? Now you can pause it, rewind it, skip commercials, have it instantly. Don't get me wrong there are many instant things I enjoy and wouldn't trade. I don't want to bring my water from a well outside, or hand wash my clothes, or hang them to dry, or wait for the hot water. I am as spoiled as the rest of us. Which is why, I think, that being patient is so hard. We are...