Marrakech and Kashmir: and a tale of dreams and patience

Here’s the thing:  making your dreams come true isn't a speedy process.  In fact, I’ve devised a mathematical equation to represent this accurately.

 

Estimated time necessary to make dream come true + time to deal with obstacles you never thought of  + time to make the extra money that you didn’t realize you needed – bouts of good fortune that arrive out of nowhere – compromises you make along the way that weren’t at the heart of the dream anyway = Real time to make dream come true

 

Do you follow?  If not, let me put it in other words:  Making dreams come true takes more time than you think.

 

So patience, yes, patience, is a highly desirable trait.  It turns out that it’s just what your grandmother told you (or mine did, anyway).

 

Recently, I had an epiphany along these lines watching the pashmina weavers of Kashmir.  You see, they understand intrinsically that beautiful things (much like beautiful dreams) can’t be hurried.  Because ultimately, it’s all about you and the loom, or rather, you and the dream -- the quality of the product depends on the quality of the design, the materials, the effort (and dare I say, the love) you put into it. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

(My grandmother would have nodded her head approvingly.)