Did u learn to have patience!

We in a group of 6 went to Shasta lake in Northern California.


After a night stay in a small luxurious cabin by lake shore, we went to some waterfalls in the morning and then went to Shasta Caverns, which were located on top of a mountain arnd 800 Fts above the lake level.

All six of us with around 4 cameras went to the mountain after spending $20 for enterance tickets and a short boat ride. The bus took us to the top of mountain where the caverns are located, from this place you get a splendid view of the lake and mountains.


Caverns were boring and the guide in his attempt to make kids laugh, was descibing those formations as face of santaclaus, tiger etc. Just to justify the $20 spended there, we were clicking camera everywhere, whereever we had space to stand and someone to click for us, sometimes we had to ask guide to help us by taking our group picture, keeping everyone else on hold, as we finish the tour proceeds:(


After a tiring and boring trip inside caverns, the way outside was a narrow staircase which can take only one person at a time and there were arnd 200 stairs to go. It was irresistable to escape from that location without taking few snaps, and that was the last spot where we could take snaps and compensate for those $20 and two hours that got wasted.

While walking down the stairs with around 15 people behind us. Without realising their pain we posed for several photographs different angles and then different cameras not leaving anything to chance moreover ensuring by checking that picture came fine (Digital camera era, pictures have lost thier suspense and surprising capabilities ... :)


I know even u have lost patience by now, as what hell is this topic about? Have patience.

While clicking these pics we realised that a kid was trying to rush through these stairs to escape the torment of waiting for us to getover the clicking syndrome and his mom was preaching her "Learn to have patience" again and again. they did wait for us to finish. we realise this and then we gave way to all of them to cross first and we still continued with our expedition for / by / of camera.

I was amazed how many of us were taught to have patience! dont we often try to break rules while driving, break queues to get to the ticket counters fast, we try to hurry up at the traffic junctions. havnt you seen people crowding at the stop line on junction. We bribe police, clerks everyone anyone just to hurry up and we end up screwing the system. Now things dont proceed unless you mobilise them with those green bills. No wonder we have patronize bribery.

But we dont need our mothers to teach us this lesson. We are forced into patience, and some day it becomes part of our DNA. remember waiting for ur board exam results, remember waiting for ur new telephone which used to come after years of pending application, recall waiting in railway reservation queue. Travelling in train was supposedly a picnic in itself and not just a mean of commutation. which goes on like 32 hrs for 1000 Kms (if it runs on schedule).

What could be biggest example of patience other than waiting for Lord Venktesh darshnam in tirupati for almost 24 hrs, no hurrying up, just parying and njoying the queue. or Waiting for 50+ years after independance for reservation to get over, or every country man getting access to education, food, health amenities.

We did learn patience but hard way and now we can wait for these things forever, indeed we have reached state of slumberness.