Blocks and Delays

Many of us at various points have experienced various forms of irritating blocks and delay
The context may have varied but the emotions are similar and always come home to stay
One may like to let go the negative feelings associated with memories you prefer to let go
One may make resolutions but akin to an unwelcome guest it hangs on impacting your vow

One may relate to traffic snarls and jams that affects your movement and slows you down
One may relate to network traffic that does not let you make that vital call making you frown
One may relate to network server going down just when you are waiting for the closing data
One may relate to having to encounter ailments just when you thought you were ready to sail

One may relate to getting the new job offer late when you had decided to put in the papers
One may relate to your bank closing shutters just when you had to make the final payment
One may relate to visitors calling delaying your visit to the market to shop for the grocery
One may relate to people you totally trusted not fulfilling their commitments when in need

One may relate to people coming late for the meeting especially when you had them nonstop
One may relate to state of farmers when rains came in late that adversely impacted their crop
One may relate to state of film producers when their release gets delayed impacting cash flow
One may relate to citizen’s emotions when their elected representatives results do not show

One may relate to not being able to procure the relevant books in time for your final exams
One may relate to not getting the crucial guidance in time that may avoid your facing a storm
One may relate to your own people letting you down just when you needed them the most
One may relate to your energy falling just when you were on the last mile en route the post

One may relate to just missing the tiger after traversing for miles for that one elusive look
One may relate to getting all items except one for the special meal that you planned to cook
One may relate to your sticking to the itinerary when the weather desired to have a change
One may relate to you laze around in the sun when the clouds arrived and made you cringe

One may relate to your flight not getting the permission to land and going around in circles
One may relate to you having an early meeting and not landing in office early as per plan
One may relate to you having to follow up with others for an update that they had committed
One may relate to creating back-up plans that failed to operate making you look dim-witted

It appears there are limited things that one can do when we are faced with blocks and delays
One can try to minimize its incidence and plan for the best & worst case scenario every day
One needs to accept and acknowledge there are factors beyond our control that does operate
One needs to learn to stay calm under pressure when environmental factors alter our fate!