Delay Strengthens Desire.

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Pop culture, nowadays has the very popular one-liner- you snooze, you lose.
And it's been catching.

Yet I find this old adage much more viable:  fools rush in.
For me, of the rudiments of desire, two that I hold close are time and timing.
Every piece might fit but if the timing is wrong, then leave it be.
At least for now.
I  was never one to force the issue.  Or demand the unrealistic.
At work or play, I always ask the other party.
Is this doable?
Management of expectations- yours as well as theirs, is a very important yet underrated thing.
At the end of the day, every single person knows themselves better than anyone.
So whether they say aye or nay, I stand up and take notice.
Of course it's not happy when they answer in the negative.
But they were honest enough to call out their own limitations.
This too me is something that needs to be considered.

Nothing good ever came easy:  the possibilities of nurture was never an overnight sensation.
The solidity of "worth waiting for" may lie in the waiting, in the striving, in the 'getting there.'
So yes, delay strengthens desire.
And no, sometimes, there's no other choice but to take it slow.
Keep at it, slowly and with consistency.
The chips still fall where they may; but focus on your goals.
Be open to compromise, but do so only in the small things.
The big things-- your belief systems, your values, your ideals? Hold on to them.
They will matter, whether your 25, 65 or 85... so be steadfast.
If you know when to hold on and let go, you will  most likely wind up in a great, great, great place, be around your loved ones and have happiness by the shipload. :)