Why do we run late, never early?
Have you ever wondered why we, as human beings everywhere, somehow seem to always be late getting to the place we are going? We never leave or arrive on time, We rush, we speed while driving, we just don't or won't allow ourselves enough time to be ahead of schedule. We know time waits for no one.
When we do manage to arrive early for our doctors appointments, they keep us waiting. As a rule, they are never on time with appointments either. Yet, they want to charge us for a no-show and they are still behind in schedules. In fact when we are more than 15 minutes late, they want to reschedule us.
You ever wonder why every one seem to be going so slow when we are in a hurry to reach our destinations? Being a stroke survivor has taught me to start out earlier and arrive on time or ahead of time. I realize I'm slow and need more time to prepare and reach my appointed place on time.
For instance, I set my alarm at 5am to awake, get ready and leave in time to be standing at the time clock for 7am clock-in. Every day I see the same people rushing in 15 minutes late. Three of those equal one unexcused absence. After 3 unexcused, you are out the door without unemployment benefits.
By the way, I'm only 6 minutes by car from my driveway to the parking lot but I have my scooter to unload and get inside to the time clock. I made full time earlier than usual based on my timely attendance.
Today and every Sunday, I see so many members arrive late for church services and they know without a doubt, our pastor starts "on time". He stresses that point all the time. In my case, that's a 35 minute drive from my house.
The moral of this blog and my question is I've learned to use time wisely and I bet I'm not the only one, but has it helped many other survivors in the same way? I think we'll get fewer gray hairs in the long run and less instances for car accidents too.
Now, if we could just get the doctors to be on time with our appointments we could get back home and take our naps peacefully.
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