It all evens out in the end, so just stick with it.

I was instantly reminded today that your life will stablize on any path that you take. What better reminder than being in a line at the drug store? Happens to all of us that we choose a line, and see that the line next to us progresses faster because there is always a person in your line who slows things down. The line I selected today seemed as long as the next one. I discovered that the lady with the cashier was paying with a check and there were 2 other people after her. The person in the next line who was in the same position as me when I joined my line had paid for his stuff and went by the time the lady with the check finished. So it seemed like there was no one in the next line, while there were two other people in my line. I couldn't see past the candy shelf of the next cashier line to see if there was another customer in the next line, plus I could tell the cashier in my line seemed slow at processing information. So I stood contemplating whether or not I should bail. Then a lady with a wheelchair rolled up to the cashier in the next line before I could make a decision. So it was obvious that I had missed the boat because there was no one there at the next line. But still, there was only the wheelchair lady as opposed to the two other customer in front of me in my line. So I bailed and stood behind the lady with the wheelchair. But I soon discovered that the wheelchair lady was getting the cashier to go to the cigarette shelf and find her a carton of an obscure brand of cigarette, and that took longer than processing the two customers that were in front of me in the previous line. The person in front of me in the previous line had only one item and was in the process of paying for his item in cash as I decided to return to my old line. Only to discover that there was already someone who had taken my position. So I had wasted my time bailing to the next line, and ended up adding 5 minutes to my wait. I left the drug store upset at myself for having let temptation of another path call me away from my original decision.

That little experience invoked so much anguish in my life. But the lesson learned was that I must have patience with whatever path I choose. Every path has its ups and downs, and you will experience just the right amount of both if you stay with one path. Seeing the ups of another path makes it tempting to leave your path, but be warned that you had not experience the downs of that other path.