is a virtue. this is what my mama would always say whenever we would as children start to raise our voice and simply refuse to just wait.
today while i was on queue at the grocery and waiting for my turn, i hear this man yell at one of sm hypermart’s staff (he was holding a grocery push cart na apparently not working properly and pushed it over to the poor guy)… as in ang lakas ng boses nya. he said and i quote, “e kung sira to, alisin nyo na to dito! sipain ko pa yan eh,” all heads turn to him (mean no?) and then hindi pa sya naging happy dun… sabi pa nya, “you’re wasting our time!”
sigh…
really… what’s will he lose over 2 to 4 minutes to check over a perferctly working grocery cart? i don’t know… made me think — siguro at point in my life i may have lost my patience over such a petty thing. maybe in past i used to think my 5minutes which i thought was wasted was more important than other people’s feelings.
there is a reason why i saw this man make an ugly scene a while ago… maybe, this is God’s of telling me — “see, how embarassing it is to lose your patience over a petty thing? in this world of text messaging, emails, mobile phone calls, excellent customer service, atm machine, online services, 30-minute delivery and fast food services — patience is still a virtue.”
so next time i start to lose patience over :
- a cashier who does not have enough change for my purchase and had to ask for change in the next counter,
- a long queue in the building parking entrance
- a long queue over the elevator lobby
- my staff making me wait for a feedback or input ot report that is due an hour ago
- over my sister endlessly talking about her day
- and over other everyday routine… that is taking more time than usual…
there is nothing wrong with waiting… making a scene is not the solution. in the end, you will only regret it.
so, we must learn how to wait again….
proverbs 19:11
