Patience

I am waiting for Bill.(For those of you who might not know, Bill is my husband.) I am not a good waiter. I am extremely impatient. Especially when I have something to do.Right now the something is meeting my friend Caroline.

I am disappointed in myself for being impatient this time. Earlier, I heard a news story that reminded me that patience is,indeed a virtue. Apparently "lay-away" is making a comeback. I didn't realize it had gone away. But it makes sense that it did. We live in a society that wants everything right now. Credit cards have allowed us to be impatient, and reckless. With lay-away you have to wait.And decide if you want something enough to wait for it

Lay-away was the way my mom bought my clothes as a kid. I hated it! But looking back on it, I realize how much more that stuff meant when I finally got it. Maybe a new generation will learn that lesson. If anything good is to come out the current economic crisis maybe this is it.

Now if I could only get Bill to hurry up!