There’s a stretch of highway on the way to work that had been under construction for about 9 months.
In the first 6 months of construction, I kept hoping the end was near.
Around that time, I was in a conversation in a public place with a colleague who was complaining about that stretch. A friendly stranger overheard the conversation and said – “Hey, I’ve been here since the 1970s. We’ve never gone more than 2 years between large sections of that highway under construction. How do you think we went from 2 lanes to 6?”
It made me chuckle.
I had fallen prey to a “I’ll be happy when” scenario.
Those don’t work.
It helped me make peace with that bit of construction for the most part.
I’m glad I did because, 20 months later, it’s still not done. :-)
