Your dog looks up at you through the window and
whines. He wants you to come outside and play, but you are busy at the moment
with homework or chores. “Just a moment!” you call to him, but he doesn’t
listen; He is too anxious to play. You try to hurry through your work so that
you can speedily go out to him.
Wait a moment. Does this sound familiar? Let’s put this to a
human being.
You look up at what you desire and plead within, “Oh, if
only I can have that,” or if applied to a friend or family member, “Do they
care about me? Why is she taking so long? Is he ignoring me?” They come over to
talk to you but soon has to return to the task they were attempting to finish,
and you think to yourself, “Maybe they don’t like me.”
The truth is that oftentimes there are tasks that we must
finish first in order to place our full attention on someone else. Just as we
try making the best time for our dog, other people want to give us the best of
their time.
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