the patience.
I’ve often wished I could be one of those people that was quick with words. Quicker with my thoughts. I’m not though. I’ve always had to have a patience with myself. And in turn people need to have a patience with me. I’ve lost count of the speeches I’ve gotten about needing to speak up more, share my thoughts, be more social, and so on. It takes me time to absorb what is happening and for my mind to funnel through it all. There are occasions when I don’t say something on my mind for fear of it sounding dumb. But more often than not I just haven’t concluded what I need to say yet. I’m not one to talk just to talk. Especially in a work environment. But I assure you, if I feel strongly enough about something, I will say it. In general conversation my comebacks sometimes come later after the conversation is done. So if you get a random message you know… a half hour later… you’re probably thinking, that was eons ago why are we coming back to it? Erm, just took my brain that long to process...