Good things come to those who wait
I’ve been hearing that phrase quite a bit lately. And not to sound like a good mood hater, but I hate that phrase. Not for any personal reasons, but for the way people use it. When people try and use this phrase to help bolster someone, they forget something invaluable that comes along with it. They forget to think about the time that comes between the present and the next “good thing.”
We go through life looking toward the next good thing and become sad when it doesn’t show up as the very next option. We aren’t willing to wait and man up; even if it should take months or years for it to come around. I’ve realized that life isn’t about getting to the next point and finding another to jump toward. Life is about what happens between good things. The struggles and the hardships are just as important as the joys and happiness.
“The way I see it, every life is a pile of good things and bad things. The good things don’t always soften the bad things, but vice versa the bad things don’t always spoil the good things and make them unimportant”
- Matt Smith
