I hate smoke. I really do! Whether it’s vehicle smoke or cigarette smoke coming from people’s mouths (or nostrils), I hate them both. Barbecue smoke, however is exceptional. It irritates me having to inhale polluted air. It ignites my allergies and I have to blow my nose a bazillion times just because it all started with breathing infected air. I hate seeing smoke around the environment. It suddenly looks like the world is being invaded by evil spirits out to destroy humanity when very dark smoke begins to envelope the surroundings. I also hate very long lines- especially lining up for ATMs. It takes forever for some people to do what they’re supposed to do affecting the rest of innocent people. What’s more devastating is waiting in the line for 10 hours only to find out that when there’s just one person left in front of you and you’re so close to mission impossible- the ATM runs out of cash  and you have to look for another ATM and fall back in line. Yup, I’ve been there. It’s also such a downer to have to wait and sit outside the doctor’s clinic along with other ‘diseased’ patients. You have to endure the sound of crying babies and the sight of children endlessly blowing their nose on a stuffed wet hanky. Hey, can’t you just buy your kid a tablet of neozep or something?  It’ll save you a lot of time, not to mention a lot of money. Gosh, I hate a lot of things. Tons of stuff get on my nerve. I could enumerate all the things I strongly dislike and the list could go on and on. . . I can be a very impatient person. Truly, patience is a virtue many do not possess. I guess I’m one of the ‘many’ who are unfortunate enough to have to live with the graceless spirit of impatience. This, I believe though is not insoluble. I’ve come to face the truth that the world does not revolve around me. I am not the center of the universe giving me no right to complain if things don’t turn out the way I want them to. Boy, being a crepehanger only leaves us grouchy and hung up. So if you struggle with impatience like me, think twice and pray. Pause and think of others too. I’m sure the rest of the people standing in line waiting for their rightful turn to withdraw in the ATM are in a rush too. I bet they also find it exhausting to have to wait for a couple of long solid minutes before they can make a transaction. I’m not the only one who’s in a hurry right?  And how about that kid in the clinic who just cant stop blowing his nose, maybe- similar to my condition, neozep just doesn’t work. . And maybe that’s why you call it ‘patient’ coz you do have to wait. And patience is involved. To those of you reading this I’m actually lecturing myself. Yes, I’m publicly reprimanding myself on how impatient I can be at times. With regards to smoke, nothing in the face of the planet can ever- I REPEAT, can ever change my mind. I hated it before and up to this very day, I despise it with my utmost being. I hate smoke. I really do.

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