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https://churchanswers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Perseverance.png1200628In his book The Road Ahead, Bill Gates wrote, “We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don’t let yourself be lulled into inaction.” Of course, Gates was writing primarily about technological advancement, which he knows well. But he was also writing in a more general sense. As a humanitarian and philanthropist, Gates has also borne witness, both good and bad, to the monumental changes that can happen over a sustained period of time. He’s right. We tend to have a minimal scope of vision. Perhaps it’s the society we have been raised in, one in which the demand for immediacy permeates everything from the way we want our food to the way we want our entertainment. We want “it” how we want “it,” and we want “it” right now. Consequently, we as a people have very little taste for the long game. But perhaps that’s not even forceful enough. If we can’t see the impact, if we can’t see the effect, if we can’t see the immediate change, then we conclude that there is no impact, effect, or change coming at all, and so we move on.