There are some days when every intersection will provide you with a red light, or every traffic light will turn red upon approach. The line you choose at the grocery will be the longest, and will have a price check ahead of you. Your printer will not respond, and the four assignments you need it to spit out will be in the queue, biding their time, promising to print a week later when the wind blows, or a new phase of the moon begins.
And then, as you are learning an entirely new system of payment for which you missed the training meeting, a cute little second-grader will just stand there smiling at you, waiting for you to get it right. She doesn’t mind that you have to cancel the transaction a few times before you actually think you might understand what the heck you are doing. She listens to you read the directions and search for the proper keys. She can wait for that red light to turn! She takes the price check in stride!
“It takes a long time to become young.” Picasso