Post Written By Eugene Morgan
An inconvenience is an unrecognised opportunity. ~ Confucius
The first emotion seems to be frustration and then anger when we encounter inconveniences in our lives. We have an internal standard that everything has to go perfectly as plan. We know that inconveniences occur daily. When we’re half way to work, we realize we forget something like a wallet. Or, we’re just about to leave from work to go to the car, when we realized that it’s raining and the umbrella is inside the car. Or, when we’re already 10 minutes late for a doctor’s appointment when we encounter traffic along the way. Or, when we’re waiting in a long line for 45 minutes only to find out that we’re in the wrong line and the line we have to go to is twice as long as the first one. Confucius says these inconveniences are unrecognized opportunities. Patience is one opportunity we can practice each time we encounter inconveniences and learning is another.