The only thing better than getting what you want, is getting it now.
But if life teaches us anything, it’s the idea that immediate gratification is a weak draught, a low value item worth less than you’d imagined.
Yet there is a part of us that wants instant wealth, success, knowledge and happiness.
While I would have loved to see the seeds I planted in my garden produce beautiful vegetables in a blink, it’s been a wonderful journey watching each stage from germination to flowering to seeing the tiny veggies take shape. The expectancy grows along with the delight of the process.
If you look at time as a gift, you can appreciate each step of development, even when the end result isn’t always what you originally envisioned. But it is that span that allows you to examine where it went right or where it went wrong. Time becomes the teacher.
What gratification do you get by reading the end of the novel first?
What do you miss from listening only to the final movement of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony?
What’s the difference in the experience of cooking your own food from scratch vs. opening a can or reheating some industrial made meal?
You might want to magically know what your Chapter X will look like, but believe me, savor the journey of exploration and discovery.
Allow time, focus, dedication and experience to help you create something wonderful that is uniquely yours.
