Worth the Wait

I can no longer hide from my passion. I’m a book enthusiast. I work around books. I buy books. I borrow books. I read them. My dream is even to write one. It’s who I am and that’s nothing to be ashamed of. Recently, I learned a lesson from my book-loving experience. Patience. A major library vendor, Baker & Taylor, announced that they will be going out of business and ceasing operations soon. This has an impact on the vast majority of library systems in one way or another, as many have to shift to a different vendor and things of that nature. As a customer, I feel it only in how quickly I’m able to get my hands on the latest copy of that book I’ve been waiting for.

My internal struggle is a tug-of-war between supporting my local library and supporting authors and bookstores by buying the book. I recently bested my impatience during this internal war. The street date for the next book in a manga series I was reading, and loving, had arrived. Needless to say that the item had not yet hit the shelves at my local library. I did everything I could think of, including reading something else, to not let my impatience for that book get to me. Finally, I started browsing the catalog of my go-to bookstore. I added the book to my cart and was so ready to complete that purchase. Instead, I listened to the tug at my ear telling me to wait.  So I did. I closed my browser and went about other business. The next day, I got a text that my reserved item was ready for pick up at my library! 

I was thrilled! If only other areas of my waiting would come through as quickly!! The lesson on patience that I learned is that sometimes things really are worth waiting for. Our impatience can get the better of us at times and we have a tendency to jump the gun or try to think of a plan B, C, and D. While having an alternate plan can have its virtues at times, there are other instances where we have to have faith in our plan A. It’s like gardening. For most folks that sow and plant seeds, they aren’t going to see much in the way of results if they change their mind everyday about where and how the seeds was planted. It never has a chance to root and begin to grow if we dig it up every single day. So in our daily lives, we must make a commitment to commit to our ask.

Stay Sunny!

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