A vow for patience ...

‘Patience’ said the learned one.

‘Why?’ I asked. ‘Have I not been patient enough? Have I not been reasonable?’

‘I think you need to look beyond your own world. You forget a lot of things.’

‘Am I?’ I pondered. ‘Sometimes I wondered what would have happened had I not left. Things started to change after I’ve left. It’s so unfair’

‘But would things have changed had you not left? Don’t you agree you were the catalyst for all those changes?’

‘Yes, I agree & with some regret that I was never there to enjoy the fruits of seeds I sowed’

‘That’s where your other problem is. You’ve never let go; you are chained to a possibility that’ll never be & that chain keeps you leashed from seeing the horizon’. Pause.

‘Perhaps it’s time you looked forward and maybe take another look at where you are. (Pause) It’s not as bad as you thought.’

I threw my trademark cynical look

The wise one exclaimed, ‘You’ve been high flying for the past 2 years. You had everyone serving you on golden platters as wonder boy. Too much good thing can be counter productive’

‘Perhaps it’s time you viewed things with more reality’ he added. ‘What you thought as gritting you teeth is not enough. Perhaps enough to breeze through good times, but bad times, I question’

‘Bide your time, you’re young and one day you might look back & see this experience as the best you’ve had’

‘Yes’ I thought. And a ray of sunlight broke through my clouds of grey. ‘I shall remember patience’, I vowed.