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The quick-fix society
Patience is a must when pursuing your goals. Your desires can take a while to
manifest. If you believe you’re doing everything in your power to manifest
your goals, sometimes all you need to do is practise a little patience. Accept
today as it is and stay optimistic in the face of delays, setbacks or challenges.
Time is the most precious commodity you have. When time is spent, it’s gone
forever. This is why businesses that save their customers time often thrive.
But while these companies might significantly improve our lives, they’ve
also contributed to the creation of a quick-fix society.
The quick-fix society demands instant solutions. We expect things to be done
straight away. We want to use less effort and less time to get a desirable
outcome. Online clothing retailers will get clothes to us the next day.
Services like Amazon Prime get all manner of goods to us within a day. If
you want to watch a movie or a television show, you can just hop on to
Netflix and pick something. If you want a date, you just need to swipe
through a dating app. Meals can be replaced by frozen ones that can be
heated in a microwave in a few minutes. No more need for patience – we can
get what we want without delay.
There’s nothing wrong with indulging in these things now and then, but
they’ve created a culture of impatience. We don’t want to wait, and if we
have to wait we may lose faith in our intentions. The assumption is that
things must arrive quickly, with minimal effort. Don’t get me wrong: if you
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can achieve something great at lightning speed, that’s fantastic. Just don’t be
oblivious to the fact that most things in life require effort and patience.
This quick-fix way of life encourages us to give up on our goals when they
don’t manifest as rapidly as we’d hoped, and move on to the next thing. This
will never be fulfilling. A lot of the time, your goals aren’t eluding you; you
either haven’t put in the effort you need to or you’re expecting things to
happen instantaneously. Practise a little patience.
You’ll get the job, the partner,
the house, the car, etc. Just don’t
rush the process; trust it. You
have to grow into your dreams.
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