I was standing in the Department
Store’s queue for nearly 20 minutes. When it was finally my turn, I had hardly
taken a sigh of relief when I found another shopper requesting me to allow her
the chance to complete her billing first as she had a fewer items than I &
also as she was in a hurry.
My nice & kind nature always
obliges people when they make such requests. But, I have also seen people
taking extra ‘advantage’! Like their friend barges in & wants to get
her/his billing done before me as well as she/he also is also in a hurry &
also has to leave with the first shopper!
Making way for people means I get
late & get to test my patience further… And this has happened scores of
times. Sometimes I feel - I must really be such a fool to allow so!
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Have you noticed how the queue, in
which you are standing, moves the slowest?! Adding to the madness, some people come up with great
stories just to jump the queue! Others resort to plain hooliganism like ‘I WAS
HERE FIRST! I had just gone to the Loo/Helpdesk/…!!!’
Recently, I had visited the Mall
with my sister. She chose some garments that she wanted to try in the Trial-room. She was waiting in the queue. When
it was her turn after a long wait, a woman pleaded my sister to let her
daughter in, as the latter had an 'appointment'. As they claimed that they just had 2 clothes for trial, my
sister allowed them with the request, “Please make it fast”. You won’t believe what
happened next! The mother started getting more garments for her daughter to try
while my sister waited! The smart mother gave some more explanation & held up the Trial
Room for a long time while it was my sister’s turn to examine her patience! What a smart idea of the mother to avoid waiting in the queue or use her patience!
I always wonder about the
diminishing patience in everyday life. We adopt any means so that we don’t have
to test our patience!
But, impatience can trigger serious health problems. Think of any situation in life, say
a Traffic-jam. Do we have control on it? Then, why lose our patience & feel unhappy?
Thing is, we all are in such a
hurry and have no time to pay 100% attention or to stand and wait!
I always remind myself of the line-
“They also serve who only stand and wait” from John Milton’s famous sonnet “On His Blindness.”
I believe that
God will reward those who have patience. Some day their time will come &
their virtue will be hailed.
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Wish we all had more patience to do
basic things like- listen, explain, smile, acknowledge, motivate, think
logically without jumping to conclusions… Many of the world’s problems could
have been solved with extra patience.
My Mantra- Just hang on sincerely and patiently and
everything will be lovely!
As I always feel so, I was
delighted to read a fellow-Blogger & friend, Alok Vats Post-
“Patience- The Secret Behind A Happy Life” that shares my views!
Do read it
patiently to know HOW TO BE PATIENT!
May we all accord Patience its
rightful due in our life to make Planet Earth a better place.
