I so admire people who have the gift of patience. Sharon and I pulled up to the menu board of a fast food restaurant recently. I ordered, and then we drove around to wait in line for the window. The line was slow. Actually, it wasn’t moving at all. We just sat there, with three cars ahead of us, nobody getting food.
I lasted about three minutes. Then I began drumming my fingers on the steering wheel, shifting in my seat, letting out deep sighs of frustration. By the time five minutes had passed, I was like a caged animal, grousing and complaining about incompetence and poor management. We weren’t even really in a hurry. it just seemed like minutes of my life being wasted.
Meanwhile, Sharon had pulled out her phone and was calmly browsing the internet, perfectly content and unstressed. Waiting is no problem. How do you do that? I really want to learn how to become more patient like her. And I want to learn it right now.
If that is how you really feel, volunteer to work with older people in a care facility to learn patience.The best gift you can give your grandchildren besides love, is teaching them patience, so they won’t suffer the stress of waiting….ever
Good advice Mary Jo.
Amen