I guess I should have a blog.....

Patience........

Patience is the greatest of all virtues. - Cato the Elder (234 BC - 149 BC)

A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains. - Dutch Proverb

I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end. - Margaret Thatcher (1925 -

I received a wonderful gift this week. The picture in the header of my blog was presented to me by a wonderful soul that I have never met, yet, she has shown her kindness to me over the miles that exist between us. Iowegian Skye, thank you so much for the lovely gift of the photograph…I think perhaps that the magic of WDC is one of the things that draws everyone here together. That photograph is magical.

I have a number of interpretations of the man standing on the top of the bridge… He could move in a number of directions, and there has been some discussion as to whether he is turning to go back, or turning away. There is a figure in the distance, just visible, and I prefer to think it’s his love, and he is turning to her, moving to get closer to her. Any moment he is going to break into a run, grab her in his arms, and tell her how long he has been waiting at the top of that bridge for her to arrive.

Of course, he could also pause for a moment and jump over the side into the imagined water below. But, that is not what I am asking for..

The first thing I felt after seeing the photo for the first time was… calm. I am not ashamed to share that I cried a bit, seeing my nickname pasted under a figure that so clearly was me, standing at a precipice in life, ready to move forward and take the next step.
I studied at that photo for hours, and now the feeling that comes to me when seeing it is ….patience.

I am destined to have patience… I have it, given the right circumstance… but sometimes, it eludes me.

I awoke this morning without patience. I have a number of fun things to do this weekend, and I have a feeling that the memories of the next few days will live with me for the rest of my life. I can’t wait for the day to start, so I can begin to experience the happiness that I anticipate. I am daydreaming of what is to come. I have lived this weekend in my mind, and if the reality is 10 percent of what I imagine… it will be incredible.

And, so.. today’s musical soundtrack for my new lovely photo;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-CtBBcMgsY

I wish it would get here.. I wish she would get here.

I’ll be waiting, right at top of that bridge… do you see me there?... that’s where I’ll be.

-The Asking Boy (anxiously patient)