The fun of waiting for some- thing is a thing of the past.
Businessmen scramble to get rich quickly even at the risk of broken promises.
Entire cities become ugly, polluted and decayed because few are willing to take time to correct real estate abuse and greedy development enterprises or to stop industrial waste. The prophet was no fool, for prophets interpret the pres- ent as well as focus on ultimates to come. Both are correlated. Man reaps what he sows. Impatience is a result of restlessness, and that is a result of the soul's uncertainty.