patience

If you could change on thing about yourself, what would it be?

Lots of possible answers to this question on both the shallow and the deep end of the spectrum. I surprisingly ended up towards the deep end with a change that I think would appeal to a lot of folks, but is nevertheless still much desired by me. If I could change one thing about myself, I would change my lack of patience.

If I had just a little more (or a lot more) patience, I think nearly every aspect of my life would be effected, presumably for the best. I would be able to finish tedious DIY projects I start (and finish them with a better attitude and probably with a more attractive outcome); I would be less hostile in rush hour traffic; I would be more sympathetic on the phone at work; I would engage in less "arguments" at home... I think this list could go on for quite awhile, but those are the most obvious examples that would also impact me the most, and the most frequently.

At this point I should probably go on and on praising the virtue of patience, why it's important, and how you can acquire it, but I have spent too much time now googling for the perfect quote and reading through William Bennett children's stories with the fruits of the spirit song stuck in my head (that I also can't find online) that I can't form any more sentences on the topic. Not to mention my phone is ringing off the hook today with constituents who will give me the perfect chance to test and grow my patience.

So I'm just going to leave you with that little tidbit for the day and call it quits. Hopefully I will be around later this week, but I am off to Atlanta for the holiday and didn't plan ahead with per-scheduled posts, so it's about to get dicey...