Two worlds

For the last two, and for the next two weeks, I am out of town during the week, and home for only two days... well I'll also be home on Monday the 23rd b/c it's a Canadian Holiday. I've got to say, this travel is wearisome. But, it's got to be done. I don't mind sacrificing short-term to build long-term gain, because with the work I'm doing, I'm not only building something that will benefit the people in this city for years to come, but I'm also building a residual income - that is why I'm doing what I'm doing. I know that the seeds I am sowing now, in this arduous travel, will payoff many times over down the road - for example, I'll probably see ~$10,000 in a year from the work I'm doing this month.
I had two guys working for me in this city, but they packed it in because it was too hard. Sometimes, it amazes me how shortsighted we can be. Our society of instant gratification seems to have a hard time recognizing the way seed-time and harvest work. You don't get a tree the instant you plant the seed; in fact, in order to get a huge tree from just a tiny seed, we have to wait tens, even hundreds of years. Sure, we can cash-in on the benefits of that tree earlier; but, they won't be nearly as bountiful as if we'd waited.
Patience is the key. I'm learning that it's often most beneficial to wait just longer than it feels posible. Like this job for example, I wanted to leave a couple of years ago, and even got hired at another place paying twice what I was earning here. However, that company was bought-out just two months later, and everyone was laid-off; conversely, my income almost doubled at my current job. I just had to wait a bit longer than I thought I could. Another time, I wanted to leave, but I held on... now I'm managing expansion at the company, and like I said, will likely see a $10,000 annual raise from this project alone. Patience pays off - in my experience, every time.

So, as I am away from home so often this month, longing for my own bedroom and bed, I choose to persevere, here, knowing that in the long-run, it will pay-off quite nicely.

Shalom