All of my 20s I have known that I am impatient. I’m a bit of a control freak when it comes to certain things. Meticulous.
As I inch closer to 30 *insert horror music* I have decided to wage a war with my impatience.
It has not been easy.
Today I won a minor battle.
At the post office the mailman asked me a simple question, “Would you like to add tracking to this package?”
I blinked, swallowed and in an effort to buy more time asked, “How much would that be?”
(I have a minor obsession with tracking letters and packages. Tracking them becomes a little game, but it also helps fuel my impatience.)
He said, “$3.10.” To which I replied, “Hmmmm.”
I knew I had to say something, but old Evelyn was fighting new Evelyn.
“I am trying to be more patient. I don’t think tracking a package is going to help my case. Let me think about it,” I said.
He said, “Ok, think about it.”
After a few seconds I said, “I’m not going to track it.”
He said, “Great.”
He opened a drawer next to the cash register and gestured for me to put my hand out, “Here you go,” he said.
When I looked in my hand there were three small, green stars. They made me smile.
Why?
I like stars and green is my favorite color.
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho taught me to look out for omens. Those three little stars were a sign. I looked at them as affirmation that I did the right thing.
Shoot, it even made me read my horoscope today and I’ll spare you the details, but it started off like this “Try to be patient…”
Those stars taught me something and I want to share it with you.
What I learned from the stars:
- BE PATIENT. Everything will work itself out.
CAVEAT: This does not mean to sit back and do nothing in the hopes that what you want will land on your lap. What it means is that once you’ve done everything in your power to make something possible, sit back and wait. If it’s meant to be, it’ll be.
2. TAKE YOUR OWN ADVICE. We, myself included, give others great advice but almost never apply it to our own lives. What a bunch of hypocrites!
3. PAY ATTENTION TO DETAIL. The small things count in everything that you do. Look at how much I was able to get from three little stars.
“ENJOY THE LITTLE THINGS, FOR ONE DAY YOU MAY LOOK BACK AND REALIZE THEY WERE THE BIG THINGS.” -Robert Brault
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