Patience. Is it an attribute, a character trait or a flaw? As we sit on the threshold of the unknown that has tested the city’s marriage to the Bears, the simple acts of tolerance and forbearance (and sufferance) have been the unasked request.
“Just give it time, a little more time.” That seems to be the ask from the organization to us. “Then you’ll see what we see.“ And as we all seem to be looking at the same thing, what we are seeing may be totally the opposite. Because the vantage points of what we see and what the Bears see aren’t simultaneous. Our look is of immediacy; theirs is of projection. We need a win now; they are looking at wins later. It’s an oil-and-water, Microsoft-or-Apple paradox. One that will never see eye-to-eye but also won’t leave either blind.
