The man's cell phone rang while she was talking to him and he answered it.
While at the bank one day, I watched as a very friendly teller was helping a customer. When we concentrate on the moment, it can also make a difference in how we treat others. However, I've learned that I get as much accomplished when I concentrate on doing one thing at a time, and I enjoy it more too. I'd estimate that I operate at about half the speed I did when I was a young mother. Being able to do everything at once becomes a way of life. The curse is-many of us have a hard time slowing down when they leave. Of course, that has always been easy for most women, because as mothers, we usually have about 18-25 years of “on-the-job” training multitasking.įrom the time the nurse places a child and the extra take-home supplies on a mother's lap on the way out of the hospital, until the day that child leaves home, she learns to cook, talk on the phone, sign school papers, hem a pant leg, and place a band-aid gently on a quivering knee, while getting ready for her own job. The blessing is that we can do so many things at once and always be in touch with everyone. We are blessed to have so many things to make our life easier, like cell phones, and a curse at the same time. It seems that, most of the time, we are scrambling around, moving very quickly, doing three or four things at once, and only half-listening to the people we come into contact with. Unfortunately, this dangerous scene is an example of how we live now.
It looked like an accident about to happen, and I quickly got out of her way. On my way to one of my appointments this week, I noticed the driver in front of me was talking on the cell phone, taking bites of a hamburger placed in her lap, and sipping a drink from a cup in the holder of her console–and driving. Trying to do too many things at once can be not only stressful but also dangerous. Right before guests would arrive for dinner, regardless of what a wonderful meal I had prepared, I would inevitably decide to add something else, which often made the moments before their arrival stressful.
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