As I stand by my washing machine patiently taking all the bits of tissue off my clothes (after accidentally putting a tissue in my wash) I suddenly became aware of what a need there is in our world for patience.
We live in an environment where we are encouraged to change jobs, cities, countries, friends, families; never to be content with what we have but always striving for the next thing. We have Alexa’s to do all our mundane tasks for us, take away food and deliveroo to provide meals we don’t need to cook. And what do we do with all our new found freedom and time- very little of note, just generating a generation of fairly unhealthy and unmotivated people.
Maybe if we were a bit more patient we would be happier and the world would be a healthier, better place. We are becoming so removed from simple life which is becoming so detrimental to happiness and health both of ourselves and the world around us.
If we were more patient in our outlook; to not give up when things get tough but persevere and keep going, to recapture the simple pleasure of darning a sock and growing a plant, to take care with our meals and recycling, to appreciate simple, achievable goals we may lead happier lives and leave the world a better place than the one we were given.
