Patience. May take up to 20 seconds.

So I'm on Facebook, "writing a paper" AKA wasting time doing the usual Facebook things. Then, the disclaimer on the page load read something to the effect of "Please be patient. Page load may take up to 20 seconds."

I laughed (alot) at the idea that Facebook was apologizing for making me wait 20 seconds.

I mean, I'm wasting time and doing nothing already, so what is 20 more seconds going to do?

This seemingly insignificant detail is proof of the fact that we have lost the ability to wait for anything. We want everything immediately. This could be due to the fact that the page that came up was not in fact worth the 20 second wait; but if nothing is worth waiting for, what's the point of living? What are we even living for anymore?

Take Lent, for example. I gave up sweets for Lent. I caved after a week like a Whitney to some crack. After I cheated once it became less of an ordeal and more of a small oops! I couldn’t think past the chocolate in front of me to the beauty of Easter in 40 days. So, needless to say, when Easter came around my excitement level was not where it normally was. The fact that I didn’t make the small sacrifices before, diminished my ability to fully participate in the glory of Easter. I couldn’t WAIT for something as small as sweets ruined the much larger, delayed celebration. Despite my twinge of regret, God still made Easter beautiful.

There are more important things in life to wait for than mindless web pages and chocolate cake but if we refuse to wait, they become much less important.