It is what it is

When the realities of a situation are what they are it’s time to hunker down, because it is what it is. But that resignation in the short term doesn’t preclude forward-thinking people from biding their time, waiting patiently (often painfully) for a new set of circumstances, a new pattern of realities, to emerge, all the while punching the clock and secretly making big plans for change when the right time comes. (Think of any great movement.) Often times, after years, the window for realizing swift changes comes all of a sudden. Others don’t see it coming. So be prepared jump. The result is what we may refer to as a quantum leap or a paradigm shift. For the Kansas City Royals, it was what it was for a long time. Now, it is what it is. And that is a very different “is” than what it was or used to be. More on this later.