Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
~ Saadi
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I love this quote. It is very true. I don't always have patience, though. If I would slow down sometimes the end result would be better than when I rush. Which is why I try not to leave things until the last minute. Well, in my work I try not to. I kind of like not having a plan in my personal life. It's more spontaneous that way.
But still, it would be good if I would take moment now and then to think before I act. Certainly to think before I speak. And maybe even to wait before I think. Yes. I think if I would wait before thinking, then I would not just react to things, but would be clearer-minded an prepared to think.
Like yesterday's blog post. It was about the Olympics and I joked that Leslie could sell programs there. Then I said I appreciated her being patient with me.
What was I thinking?!
Clearly, if I had taken a moment, instead of appreciating her being patient, I would have said - given it was the Olympics - that she was a "good sport."
Dang it! I hate it when that happens. I want everything correct the first time. Right now! NOW! Daddy, I want a squirrel NOW!
(pause)
That was my Veruca Salt impersonation. I sound just like her when I type.
