My Two Cents

People are always on about living each day like you don’t have another. For about a decade now, I’ve been living like there’s no tomorrow. But it hasn’t been fun. It has been sad, really. Because at the end of the day, I wouldn’t have achieved my goals. I wouldn’t be sitting on a swing set in the clouds. And so I would cry. I wish someone had told me instead that the foreseeable future was a longer time frame than I thought it to be, and so wanted it to be.

I wish that for the past decade, I had waited for that one thing that I wanted, that one person that I wanted, for another six months. I wish someone had taught me patience. This year, I am going to be patient. And I’m going to preach patience.

I’m not old, but there’s always someone who’s going to be younger than me. To that person, this year, I’ll say this- wait. True, you only live once. But tomorrow is going to be a today too. And if you wait, it might just be a better today than today is. So be patient. Don’t wait for everything to come to you with the setting of the sun today. Instead, work towards it so that when it does come to you the next day, you can enjoy it. Breathe. Smile. And wait. Live. Live with patience and I promise you that that thing you wanted, will come. That person you wanted, they’re already on their way to you.