September 7, 2008
Worth the Wait: The Power of Patience
By Victor M. Parachin Agitated that the driver of the car in front of her didn”t go when the light turned green, a woman began screaming and making obscene gestures. Finally, after the light turned yellow, the first driver suddenly accelerated through the intersection, leaving the woman to wait for another green light. The woman was still screaming and pounding her steering wheel when a police officer, with gun drawn, arrested her. After she was searched, photographed, fingerprinted, and placed in a cell for an hour, the same officer came to release her. But first he offered an explanation. “I
