Fast Food Mentality

I have been working in Guatemala for 10 years and still have difficulty with everything happening "Manana" - tomorrow. There is no rush for anything.
This is good in many ways, teaches you to slow down, you always have time to rethink things ... But my "fast food" mentality still wants things to happen now.

I was thinking about this today while doing heights and weights and seeing "sick" patients inbetween. An 8 year old came in right before a group of 5 came in for heights and weights. They needed to get to sports so she let them go ahead. Instead of being upset, she helped me by calling out the numbers while I recorded. Then she got her turn.

So, the rest of the day I worked with a different attitude because of a lesson from a wise 8 year old. Manana, I will hopefully remember my lesson.

Manana
Jenny