Well, I guess I have already come out with a conclusion that timing is always crucial. Too early means you’re not utilizing your resources wisely enough, late is just simply unacceptable (my senior used to say, “An oil rig cost 1 million us dollar per day, so let say if you are late to produce your design by one day, how much the client has to bear the cost? And u think it can be fixed by saying “I’m sorry?” “). I guess the biggest problem with lateness is the waiting that comes with it. Of course, there are people who are patient enough to wait for things to happen, but I guess most of the people fall into category where they think the reward is not that attractive enough compared to the wait that they have to endure. The interesting part is when you see the reaction of people in this category when the things that they wait finally happens but they’ve already decide not to wait. There are just two reactions:

1. They cursed, yelled and angry to themselves. Blaming themselves for the impatience. They think they should have be patient enough to wait for the things fall into places.

2. They do not bothered. For these people, they just simply do not care. They really think their time is more precious than the reward that they wait. Or they just simply think lateness is unacceptable.

I know for sure I am in the second category. I used to be in the first category but I’ve learn through a hard lesson that in your life you just have to move on and not look back. Too many people hurt when I learned my lesson so I decide I will not do the same old mistake (at least, that’s my way paying tribute to them). Money has present value and future value and so does other things.

It may hurt when you see someone trying hard enough to make things happen for you. However, he/she just do it late, maybe by starting late or completing late. I know it is painful to see that, I know a good friend of mine cried when he told someone that she was just late. When everything has already been broken and could not be fixed anymore.

I guess it is an important lesson to be learnt. Don’t be late. Don’t take anything for granted because sometime we do not know what we have till it’s gone. Sometime when it’s gone, it’s gone forever. We can’t do anything to mend that no matter if you are one day late, one week late or 25 minutes too late. Just like Jascha Richter used to sing on my brother’s CD player:

Boy I missed your kisses all the time but this is
Twenty five minutes too late
Though you travelled so far boy I’m sorry you are
Twenty five minutes too late

[25 Minutes, Michael Learns To Rock]

It’s just too late. It means nothing now. And I will not say I am sorry.

Catlio

Gul Circle