tuesdays with Morrie and Being Patient

A book I picked up from a shop that read "Less priced Books". Either their english is bad or they follow our less and lesslie slangs.

Another thing that I noticed over the last many many years is that, you need to be very patient to be mature and you need to be very mature to be patient. Well I think both are mutually inclusive. It is very difficult for us Indians to be patient, atleast in India.

One small experience that I had here just goes on to prove this. We were late for a meeting and driving out of the city. There was some rain which actually crippled traffic in the city and cars were moving at a very slow pace. All the roads were blocked. But when I say that they were blocked, they were neatly blocked. You could see 3 or 2 lines of cars in proper lines. There was space between cars, such that if this was India I am sure the ricks and smaller cars would have forced their way in. Here no one did.

But we had to rush as we were already late. So there is this lane for the Buses, which is not occupied. It was clear of any vehicles. Imagine you can see for the next 2 kms that there is a jam but the innermost lane (for the buses) are not occupied. So we get into it and zoom past the waiting buses. Well except for us and 1-2 vehicles, who I guess must also have been in some hurry were the only ones who used it. The rest of the vehicles, each and every one of them stayed clear of that particular lane.

I cant think of such a scenario in any of the Indian cities, especially in Bangalore. That is where your patience counts. Would you stand behind a 100 cars or take a quick left get into the bus lae and zoom past. Think about it, the day we learn to be patient, we will progress.