A World of Irony

Ironic Waiting

Isn't it ironic how we'd rather move backwards than sit and wait?

As an example, if we have to sit in our cars waiting for a long train, we often decide to turn around and try another way. No matter that the tracks cross our paths SOMEwhere or that we're going backwards and sideways and taking a long route. It probably would take us more time to get where we're going by trying to find an alternate route without a train than it would to just sit and wait for the train to pass.

I think this applies to life as well. If we feel we have to wait for something before moving forward, why do we think it would be better to take "two steps back" or look for an alternate route instead of patiently waiting for what we know we really want? It's like we'd rather spin our wheels than move slowly forward.

posted by Karl Richter @ 4/26/2005 09:21:00 AM