Patience: Is time running out?

Time is so relative and almost like sand escaping from the clenched fist. The more you clench it the quicker it escapes. As I come to the end of my innings it almost seems that I am walking or running at frantic pace but the picture of my life is changing albeit slowly and steadily. However, it still sometimes feels that the same things are repeating again and again. All of us in positions of some form of leadership or as persons who are lead are dealing with personalities which fall into four main categories, risk taking drivers, the cautious analyzers, the blockers and the showman projector who promises to deliver but remains static. Amidst all this it is important to be innovative, creative and cautiously optimistic. In the long journey of one's lifetime there come moments when you evaluate your life and wonder as you look back about your accomplishments and failures. At such times there can be moments of despair and joy but at such times patience is the one quality needed. The...