The World Doesn't Want to Wait

 "Each effort makes the next time a little easier until there is maximum strength or full growth.  Some things challenge our very existence.  It is the nature of things.  But every effort we make weakens the challenge.  If we will not give up, but move and rest, move and rest, the breakthrough comes."

It is the nature of things.  Damn, I love that concept.  There are so many variations.  It is what it is.  There is no explanation that is going to satisfy the human inclination to be frustrated at misery and pain and death.  The good news is that we get to feel everything and the bad news is that we get to feel everything.

It reminds me of the young woman who found herself in a work situation - still bartending, can't imagine how miserable it would be to have to go to an establishment that sells alcohol while you're trying to tame the almost uncontrollable urge to drink alcohol - where she had to deal with a belligerant and drunken patron.  She was clearly upset the following day, recounting for the meeting how the incident ignited a strong urge to drink which, thankfully, she fought through.  I spoke with her briefly after the meeting and passed along the bromide that because she successfully overrode the urge to drink she is much stronger and the next time she'll be able to override the urge to drink more easily.  I don't know her life circumstances well enough to suggest she find another job.  Her family may really need the money and she may have to put up with a job that involves drinking for a while.

"The world doesn't want to wait.  The fast dollar, the quick thrill, the big wind.  It all falls down.  The best idea of all is when we want to do something and do it well we shouldn't let the world know.  We should keep our heads down, our mouths shut, and everything else in high gear."