There's a time for everything !

In today’s world, everyone wants everything- right now. “Instant” is the buzzword, which is on everyone’s mind.

Nobody wants to wait. With advanced technology, patience has become a thing of the past...
We call a person on his/her phone and if he/she doesn’t pick up, we leave a voicemail, send a mail or sms. We don’t want to climb stairs because there are lifts and escalators. We don’t want to walk because there are cars, taxis, buses. We don’t want to go to our colleague’s desk because we can communicate through online messenger or mail. We don’t want to go to the cafe/restaurant because most of the places have delivery to home/office. We don’t want to cook because there’s frozen food or many eating places or helpers to do the job. We don’t want to count mentally because calculators have numbed our minds. We don’t want to wait for our next promotions, because all around us people climb corporate ladders so fast and we don’t want to be left out.

Has patience really become obsolete? And if it has, this has not done humankind any favour.

We have become a world of impatient, stressed out individuals with information overload with paucity of time to do anything for a period of time. We have morphed into restless beings who want to do one thing after the other, without pausing to admire or appreciate what we have already done, or we have at that point of time. The world of “instant gratification” has made us grow fast, without going through the “growing pains”. The cases of burnt-out youngsters or those in responsible positions, who are not able to cope with the responsibility are sad cases of not spending enough time “ sharpening the axe” before they actually go to “cut a tree”. The age-old practice of preparation before doing something seems to have disappeared in this “instant “world.

Why don’t we realise that the time spent in learning is not “wasted”, but actually prepares us for future.
And patience is still a virtue, as there’s a time for everything!