passing on

I get impatient.

I get impatient when I've learned a life lesson and try to pass that lesson on, but it seems to fall on deaf ears, stubborn minds, and unchanged hearts.

I get impatient with the people I expect more from.

But then I have to realize that I did not learn that life lesson by being told about it. I too was stubborn. I learned it by experiencing it... and maybe... just maybe... that is the best and only way for it to be passed on.