I don’t necessarily believe that everything happens for a reason or that I am supposed to learn something from every situation in my life. Usually if I need to learn something, opportunities for me to learn the skill will keep showing up in my life whether I am conscious of it or not. That’s where I am today.

Opportunities for me to become more empathetic and more patient seem to be surrounding me lately. One of my biggest annoyances is when a person has no common sense. I hate to seem “above them” but the little things that some of these people struggle with are not that hard. Yes, as a teacher I should be more patient and understanding. But these are adults. They should know how to do these basic things by now. I should not have to explain every little detail to them. I also know that I should stop focusing on shoulds and start focusing on how things really are. Damn Catch-22 there, isn’t it?

I know that when I really learn how to be empathetic, patient, and understanding, people without common sense will no longer annoy me. But by then, I’ll be empathetic, patient, and understanding and will have moved passed even focusing on their lack of common sense.

If that moment could only be now, please.

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