Scarce Patience

I am one of those chosen ones whom God has not seen fit to grant patience. I am the kind of person who wants everything 'Right Here Right Now'. And I am sure I am not alone in this. I have come across people who have eternal patience. Shouting, screaming, or flying at them in rage will also not break their determination. They will wait through thick and think, holding on to that sliver of courage. But there are those people out there, like me, who cannot. Simply cannot. It is understandable that things take time to build up or grow. Nothing can just shoot up and instantly appear. But being patient is not my thing really.

My blog was created almost two years ago, and it has taken so long for it to grow after much nurturing, loving and care. It needed nourishment, and I provided it which bore me the fruit I have today. People from the most unimaginable places are visiting and reading from South Korea to Germany to Russia, and none of these are my friends or acquaintances. They are complete strangers. I am steeped in humility and pride at the same time, and these are powerful incentives to drive me forward.

Everybody wants to be successful NOW, of course. No one is pacified with the promise of success and achievement five years from today. But alas! Only one in a million have the opportunity to quick-start and jump up the vine. I wish it wasn't so. I don't want to keep rubbing my nose close to the grindstone for ages either. But I have discovered its more like climbing a tree. If you scrabble and clamber up with much haste, you're going to slide downwards quick and easy. But if you put each step on a branch methodically working hard and with much strategy, you just might get to the top. And the view from the top is golden!