Oh patience, how you continue to tickle my emotions, drive me to insanity, force me to laughter, and remind me to take a deep breath only to wonder, " what am I supposed to learn from this moment?"
It followed me home Friday night, sitting with my head on my steering wheel through bumper to bumper in a two-hour traffic delay. It was waiting for me when I got home Saturday night, flipping my light switch half a dozen times till I realized it probably wasn't going to make the power come back on. It found me on every side street I took to try to get home from the gym, only to find road closed signs and orange cones barricading me from my intended route.
Patience is one of those qualities that can be flexed so often, and still be so weak. It's our nature to want things now, and get frustrated when there is not instant gratification.
Patience is a virtue, absolutely. But maybe it shouldn't be such a dreaded one. Just maybe, we can learn to embrace those little hiccups of life that remind us to slow down and be in the moment.
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