thoughts on the news of the day: late

hmmm…..

            I think it’s rude to be late.  But theoretically that’s what this blog is today.  I usually write it at about 5:00 in the morning each day.  It is on the internet by 7 or so.  But today wasn’t one of those days – things came up and I had to wait until now to write.

            I really don’t like being late.  It used to be one of my worst faults but my daughter broke me of it.  She hates being late and is always early to any function she attends.  In fact one time she said to me: “Mom, if you are on time, you are almost late!”  At our church, the unusual phenomenon is that folks always arrive early for events.  It might be the factor that so many of them are retired, but if a program starts at 5:30, then just about everyone is there by 5.  It kinda threw me when I first arrived here and I had to adjust my planning for it.  Now I always plan to be ready a half hour earlier!

            When you think about it, being late is really a very selfish action.  It says, “I am more important than you” and “I don’t really care if you have to wait for me.”  One of my friends, whom I wouldn’t describe as selfish otherwise, was always late.  It annoyed us so much that we started telling her that the start time was a half an hour earlier for any event she attended.  She started arriving on time!

            So I apologize for being late!  And I thank you for reading my blog anyway …

            hmmm.....