Today I went to pay my bills at the AXS machine. There was such a long queue that I decided to have lunch first, as I was famished. Even after my lunch, the queue at the AXS machine was still long. With no choice, I went ahead to queue anyway.
There was a young girl in front of me wearing a yellow T-shirt, chatting with presumably her friend. Then it was her turn at the machine. As I had already waited for the other few in front of me for a while, I thought this girl, like the rest, was taking an even longer time to finish her task. I got a little impatient as the minutes ticked by. And finally, just as I was about to give up and almost wanted to hint to the girl to hurry up, I saw at the back of the yellow T-shirt she was wearing were printed these words "I'm a slow learner." Immediately I stopped at my track, and recovered myself (from impatience and frustration), then I felt somewhat guilty. I guess it takes little encounters like these to help us learn a little patience sometimes. And patience is the companion of wisdom.
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