I would probably not have been so excited ten days ago when I expected these little guys to start popping up. But with each day a little more angst accumulates, so that when the anticipated event arrives there is a supply of excitement to be had. A few weeks ago I planted 500 peach seed for the final experiment of my master's thesis project. Now I am waiting for the seed to germinate. Its important that the experiment work in order to graduate on time - and I like to be on time. I reported to my adviser with concern, "No seedlings have germinated yet!". I thought he'd be concerned too, but he wasn't. "Just wait", he said, "they're fine, don't worry." but of course, I worried. Last year when I did this experiment the seed wasted no time in choosing to root and shoot. This year they're apparently less ambitious.
Not me. I'm ambitious... I'm impatient. Come on, let's go! I realized about 15 years ago that this was a problem and decided that I'd like to acquire some patience, but the process is taking so long! Why so long?
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I read T.S. Elliot's Murder in the Cathedral my senior year of high school and this line from the chorus stuck: "We wait, and the time is short, but the waiting is long."
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