Patience

For anyone who doesn’t know, I work in Human Resources for a major hotel company. To be more specific, I AM the Human Resources department at my property. It can get kind of lonely sometimes. At other times, the silence is golden.

Due to circumstances beyond my control, my workload has become substantially greater. With any luck, the situation will end without incident in about 6 weeks. The most unsettling detail is that in the same time frame, my responsibilities may also grow to a workload that I cannot possibly fathom at this point. Either way, things will change drastically in a short amount of time.

A short amount of time… what an ambiguous statement. That could mean 15 seconds, or it could mean 230 years. To wait 15 seconds on hold with a utility company is pretty fast. A country that has been in existence for 230 years is pretty short. As so the definition of “patient” becomes relevant. Webster defines “patient” as “bearing pains or trials calmly or without complaint.”

I am learning to be patient. Some days are better than others. I am not a patient person by nature. I want things done right now!

(I was in the middle of writing this, when I reached a road block. I did not know what I wanted to say next. I happen to mention this to a friend of mine. She told me that I was blocked because I had not reached the point of being “patient.” She said that I should post what I had and come back to it when I could. I felt a sense of relief. She is right! Thank you!)

More to come…