Legacy

Why is waiting so difficult?

Is it because we’ve been raised on a culture of instant gratification? You need fuel, go to the nearest corner. Food... hit a fast-food joint. Haven’t spoken to a friend in years, email them, text message them, IM them... from the palm of you hand! Everything is available 24/7.

Has it changed us? Is patience eroding?

In the days before NEXTEL, you caught up with people at home. Not the movies, the mall, or wherever. Not unless you actually saw them there. You’d let the telephone ring fifteen, maybe twenty times to give someone outside the chance to answer it. These days, the concept of a "pen pal" has new meaning. You email someone on the other side of the earth and they email back within minutes. Before, it took months to reply.

We stand in grocery lines, exasperated if someone writes a check. All because it "takes too long". We're more interested to get on with what we’re doing. Some shoppers spend more time seeking The Shortest Line than if they’d just picked one and waited. Waiting? You've got to be kidding right? Nope. Imagine that.

Horns honk if someone isn't speeding in the passing lane. Drivers recklessly tailgate one another.

Is this the legacy we want to hand our children?

That life isn’t worth waiting for?