Together: June 2026 - Magazine - Page 12
Stuart’s News and Views
I9m not very good at waiting.
If I9m sat at temporary traffic lights and they seem to be taking forever, I
start wondering if they9re actually broken. If my phone is downloading an
update, I9ll probably check it every thirty seconds to see if it9s finished.
And as a heating engineer, there are few things more frustrating than
waiting for a part to arrive when
you know someone9s boiler won9t
work properly until it does.
We now live in a world that
doesn9t appear to like waiting.
We expect next-day delivery,
instant messages, contactless
payments and television
whenever we want it. We9ve
become so used to everything
happening immediately that even
waiting a couple of minutes can
feel like an inconvenience. You
can order your supermarket
shopping and have it delivered in
as little as 20 minutes!
We have a whole generation now
who do not understand the concept of waiting. Answers are
instantaneous on Google and communication can be immediate with
mobile phones.
I call it the Amazon Generation.
Perhaps that9s why waiting has become one of the hardest parts of life.
Not just waiting in queues or waiting for test results, for a phone call, or
to hear about a job. Waiting for a relationship to heal, for grief to become
a little less painful, or for times to feel less stressful.
Then there is the waiting for answers to prayers that seem to disappear
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