Waiting.....

So I'm in the process of getting everything in place so I can move to Ottawa. It's been going reasonably quickly. Through this activity I have found I still do not wait well. A day or two here, a few days there. It drives me bonkers.

I know that I need to be patient and when I am responsible to do things, get them done quickly. Knowing that does not make waiting go any easier.

I know some very patient people. I hope they are patient, otherwise they are just untimely. They seem to relish having others wait for them. I am not that person.

I hope in the near future I will be doing more than waiting. I think nearly everything is in place to get thing rolling. I will be happy when everything is taken care of. I will gladly do my part when I have a part to do, I just am not sure how much more waiting I can handle.

Oh How It Changes

I feel as though the world may have changed around me. I remember a time when we used to be excited to wait for something. As I wrote about how impatient some of the world has become, readers of this blog have commented. To me these comments indicate that I may be in the minority on this subject.

I understand the need for timeliness on things. As time passes the relevance of something may be increased or more often decreased. It seems to be that delayed gratification is becoming a concept of the past.

I wonder why this is.

Is it become we have so much disposable income? Since so many people can have so much of what they want, when they want it, have we forgot the time when we had to wait to get it.

Sappy story alert.

My first major purchase in my life was my Coleco NHL Table Top Hockey Game. I saw it in the Sears catalogue, and a few of my friends had one. I wanted one. I seem to remember the cost was about $25, back in 1983. I saved my allowance of $1 for weeks and weeks to pay for this. Finally I had the money to pay for it. I think my dad had the last couple of bucks to pay for it. So we ordered the one I could afford. It was put on back order. I had to wait even longer. Then they substituted the fancy one with its own legs. Eventually it showed up. I still remember putting it together with my parents on the living room floor in our house on Pelly Ave in Russell Manitoba. I think the wait added to the total experience.

I still have that Table Top Hockey Game. For the record the teams were Philadelphia and Vancouver. (It was the era when the Canucks had the giant 'V" on the front and back of the jersey.)

I am sure that the wait for the game added to my memory.

I am not sure if we have these same types of memories today.

I Want It Now, I Want It All

Yesterday I attempted to post a blog entry. For Some reason my Internet connection would not talk to Blogger, the service I use to provide this commentary on the world around us. I was a bit upset when instantly I could not have my ideas shared with the world around us.

I don't think I really needed to be at all upset. Although I put some time and effort into the post I didn't lose too much in the end.

The world has changed. In the most developed parts of the globe we demand instant results. Everything must be in stock. Everything must work all the time. Our questions must be answered immediately. Right now is not soon enough.

I have tried for a long time to not need instant gratification. The wait can be exciting. However, from time to time I find I must be satisfied now.

This is probably not helping civilization. We have become so demanding and reliant on instant solutions, we have forgot what it is to build up to something. There are very few things that we have to wait for. There are a couple I can think of including Christmas, a concert to come to town, a movie. This list is rather short. Nearly everything is demanded instantly.

I'm guilty too of being demanding but some times we need to slow down and wait. It will make the result so much more enjoyable.

The Wait

I don't wait very well.

As exciting as the future often looks I find it difficult to wait for things to come. I, like most people am waiting for a few thing. I'm waiting for the summer training period to begin. I am waiting to hear about a job opportunity. I am waiting to hear if I get to carry the Olympic Torch.

It is difficult to wait to hear on any of this.

I don't think I'm impatient but I may be. It could be my fatal fault. I do find I often press to complete things. This can be unwise at times but I like to be able to say 'I got it done.' I like the feeling of accomplishment.

I don't like the feeling of waiting. It wears on me. If time is the only thing preventing me from knowing, I don't do so well.

Unfortunately, from time to time all we can do is wait.

I don't know if I can embrace waiting, but I can try to accept it.

I guess only time will tell how i do with waiting.