Why are we so impatient?
We can’t wait for this.
We can’t wait to get that.
We can’t wait to finish college.
We can’t wait to get those shoes.
We can’t wait to find love.
We can’t wait to have this job.
We can’t wait to find happiness.
We can’t wait…to age.
But why are we so impatient?
Why are we always looking to fast forward?
Why are we addicted to instant gratification?
What happened to patience is a virtue?
It’s like patience is looked down upon while impatience is praised.
It’s like we’re never satisfied with our current state of living and when we’re sitting one day we’ll reminisce and start wishing.
I wish I can go back to work.
I wish I can go back to college.
I wish I was young… again.
But that STILL doesn’t answer why we’re so impatient.
And the answer to this question is unique to every person.
No, this is not an excuse for me not to give you the answer because… I don’t know the answer myself.
I like what this monologue addresses because it is sort of similar to mine. The repetivie formatting scheme of “We can’t wait” is very effective and I think it has a very good effect in the point that Ayman is trying to make. I think the end is very powerful because it says that even he doesn’t know the answer, which makes both the speaker and the listener take common ground on the question, “Why are we so impatient?”.
You forgot to mention we can’t wait to get out of English 2100 with Maria Garcia. The irony you pointed out of how we want to keep going forward but once we got to the end we start turning back and start walking but we’re too old and probably won’t make it back at all.
This monologue kept me thinking for a good day or two after it was preformed. I have never gave much thought to this before, but once I did it sparked some reflection on my own actions and words. Making a monologue with the core of pointing something out to us makes it very engaging and relatable.