Just wait
We live in a world where everything is instant
Messages
Phone calls
Internet
Facebook
Twitter
We live in a world where no one waits for anything
Twitter
Emails
Deadlines
Stress
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We live in a world where face to face contact is almost nonexistent
Texts
Instant Messages
What’s App
BB Messenger
Emails
We live in a world where books are becoming extinct
Ipads
Kindles
Androids
We live in a world where we see what everyone is doing
instantly
Facebook
TV
Skype
Computers
That’s why we are forgetting patience
Forgetting apprenticeship
Forgetting compassion
Forgetting gratitude
Forgetting each other
Because we don’t interact as much
Don’t go outside as much
Don’t hold a blade of grass in our hands
Smell the scent of fresh flowers
Feel the moisture of morning dew
See the magic of life unfolding every day
Because we are becoming too insular
Learning though the vast machines
Computers
While connecting us
They also disconnect us
From human touch
From looking in each other’s eyes
Hearing and seeing the intention from body language
Taking away our natural ability
To read each other
Instead relying on
Impersonal media that has become the norm
Internet
Facebook
Twitter
Instant Messenger
Connecting us
But disconnecting us
We are losing touch with what it takes to be patient
So we are working ourselves too hard
Putting too much pressure on ourselves
Deadlines looming
Instant answers required
Report after report requested
Whether necessary or not
But it is the new thing
The supporters say
The new game changer
The herders proclaim
So everyone has to follow like sheep
Because if we don’t
We are told
We will lose out
Because we are forgetting
It’s relationships that matter
Not the latest gadget
Or report
Or toy
It is old fashioned looking in the eyes of those
Who we need to work with or be with
That matters most
We have to learn to step away from
Instant gratification
Instant news
Instant expectations
And somehow weave into our lives
Time
To stop
To walk in the grass with bare feet
Sit out in the sunshine and inhale the sun
As my daughter said
To allow ourselves to remember the tall trees
The strong trees that surround us
Shade us
And protect us
Did not come out of the ground
Instantly
Did not grow up over night
But had to be patient
To just wait
Until
It was their time to be the majestic trees
We see today
Reminding us
We have to relearn
How to just wait
To be patient
To not fret
When we don’t have what we thought we would have
By now
Because life is growing us
Shaping us
For what we need
And came here for
If only we could
Just wait
With gratitude and grace
Just wait
And Inhale
And see all we have to be grateful for
If only we would
Just wait
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