Patience

Patience is arithmetic, building slowly as one after another particular expectations are or are not met. Impatience is exponential with waiting akin to a fireworks factory going up in smoke. A person who is calm in the face of uncertainty is a practiced juggler who can take things as they come simply--though sometimes it's just because they're wise enough to not have too many balls in the air. Of course the act can be spiced up by doing it on a high wire or bike or both. That’s why it’s called a circus. Impatience doesn’t usually occur under the big top—as it's not a bona fide high wire act.

read "En Plein Air" by Francis Levy, The East Hampton Star