Instant Gratification Take a Hiatus

When I started this little venture, I knew two things: I would need to be patient; I would see time fly by as never before. Those two just don't seem to mesh very well. How can I be patient knowing full well that time is passing me by--how can I have 50 adventures at 50 if I don't keep things moving?
This seems to be the situation in which most of the world now finds itself--for too long now we've been in an ever-increasing "hurry up" mode. Fast food, speedy delivery, information in nanoseconds, etc. We've not only learned instant gratification, it's become a part of our genome. If we go to a restaurant and the food isn't served quickly, the place must be lousy; if we go to an event and it doesn't start precisely on time, we pronounce it a failure. If the airline is running late, it's all over for air travel. The list goes on...
Fade to the future...now, for instance. With our economy slowing sliding into the dumper, we're at a crossroads--with fewer people in the work force, the restaurants are operating with less staff, the event centers are operating with less staff, the airlines are operating with less staff--and our "instant gratification gene" is feeling the pinch. We don't like waiting. We don't like being asked to be patient. Our time is valuable. Time is money. And on and on.
Here's the deal...let's just cool our jets for awhile. An odd idea, but one that just might catch on. Think about it; how much less stress would a person carry if, for one day, that person knew that 90% of life's events were totally out of his control? Guess what? That's probably about the average. The minute you bring in another person, another service, or another industry into your life--like it or not--you're at their mercy. But it's okay; we just need to remember that we can't make the planes run on time...not our day. And having others angry or even irritated at us for being on that late plane...please. Yet we beat ourselves up over and over again for things that are clearly out of our range of control. And it's going to get worse before it gets better; we've seemingly peaked--at least for awhile--at having everything at our whim and whimsy.
But it is okay...really :). All we need to do is just climb on that proverbial raft and let the current of life take us. Sometimes the pace will quicken; sometimes it will slow to a crawl. Two things for sure--it won't be the same twice in a row, and we have little control. So, c'mon and hop on the raft that is life...and enjoy the ride. It all gets done...feel those jets cooling? Gooooood...I figure those 50 things will come along in due time; in the meantime I'm going to enjoy the journey.
Have a fine fine day!