Relevant Gratification

Change isn't recognized overnight, nor does it happen over one night. It happens night over night, day on day, of consistent actions that allow us to arrive to where we want to be. As long as we continue to choose to progress, we shall progress with matching actions. If we choose actions we know will result in digression, we will digress. We can take breaks and reset without letting it become our new norm, so long as we don't continue to choose to do the actions that bring us backward motion constantly. We have to actively choose to INCREASE by 1% each day in order to better our own future in a positive way.Our more experienced generations walking this Earth did not grow up in a society of constant and instant gratification, like the newer generations now have with the rising conveniences technology has brought about for us. Even our ability to connect with anyone in the world is instant and seemingly without any instant consequence (unlike those old long-distance phone call charges we were taught to avoid). What else has changed for us now that we live in this "instant society"? Cooking, exercise, workload--we now expect to have the results NOW with the expectation that the quality will remain the same. Is it truly gratifying energy we should be giving to cutting corners, or is there a newfound necessity for patience we should be practicing and giving to the world, now more than ever? The instant gratification mindset is a luxury based on our environment and how "advanced" it is in giving us the comforts we have grown accustomed to expecting.The ways you choose to communicate, especially with our children, reflects your values and expectations. You have to adjust how you talk about certain things in a way the other person will actually be able to comprehend what it is you are trying to convey more clearly. If you want someone to understand what you are saying, you have to be able to communicate in a way THEY will receive, not just the way YOU want to talk. Relevancy doesn't happen just because you are speaking, it happens when what you say is being HEARD. How you perceive a message is more likely based on how YOU feel reading it rather than the feelings of the original sender. We need to learn how to be better communicators for the sake of our children's necessities rather than their fleeting desires. We cannot force our opinions to be appreciated by screaming them louder. We must adapt how we speak so that our words remain relevant in a way the other individual will truly capture our meaning, and that's by doing it their way, but with your message. Then you will be matched with true gratification for your words.