Microsoft: Here…let’s learn a new language. It’ll be fun!
Me: Cool! I’m game! Let’s learn a new language!!! I love languages!
(tick tock, tick tock)
Microsoft: How ya’ doin’? Are you learning?
Me: Oh, yeah! Wow…this is really amazing. It does a lot for me. I think maybe if you you tweaked this and adjusted that, it could work even better. Whaddya think? You up for that?
Microsoft: Sure thing! Coming right up!!! Anything for you, sweetheart…you’re my bread and butter!
Me: Awesome, thanks! I’ll get to work now.
Microsoft: No problem, babe. We’ll keep tweaking and adjusting. We want you to be hap-hap-happy! I’ll be right here if you need me.
(tick tock, tick tock)
Me: Ummmm, excuse me. I’m having a little problem over here. I bought a new computer and suddenly there’s this mess on my desktop. It’s called Windows 8. You know anything about that?
Microsoft: Oh, that? That’s a new language we just came up with. You like it?
Me: Well, no as a matter of fact, I don’t.
Microsoft: Really? We were sure you’d love it. You’ve loved everything else. What’s wrong with it? (petulant sigh implied)
Me: Well, for starters, where the hell is my start button? I can’t get into my programs menu.
Microsoft: Oh, you don’t need that old thing! We made your desktop look like a giant cellphone. Just click on these thingies here. You like your cellphone, don’t you?
Me: Yes. Yes, I do…but I don’t like this mess! Can I just have my old desktop back, please?
Microsoft: Oh, hey girl…I’m really sorry about that, but we threw that baby out with the bath water. I mean, that’s the price of progress right?
Me: I don’t like this. And now my Office 2013 crashes ever since I updated with Windows 8.1! I need you to fix this…now!
Microsoft: Hey, chill…no need for you to get all up in it! Those two programs aren’t compatible.
Me: What??? You provided an “improvement” that negates my entire way of operating my computer? What am I supposed to do now???
Microsoft: No problem! Here’s Windows 10 and Office 2016!!! Let’s learn a new language. It’ll be fun!
Me: (pulling hair out and banging forehead on desk) Arrrrrrgh!!!!!
Microsoft: Look, Windows 10 is FREE! That’ll be $229.99 for Office, please.
Cha-Ching!)
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“Jesus replied, “You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.””
John 13:7 NIV
*While this scripture provides an interesting segue, and in the context of the post could be construed as humorous, I chose it to demonstrate how we cannot always know in the moment why things are happening the way they are, but there will be understanding down the road. Patience is, after all, a virtue.
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