#9- The Meaning of Waiting

You waited and waited and the letter finally arrived.  You opened it quickly and read only to find out that you would have to wait again!  Fun stuff, right?  Not really.  The truth is, few people enjoy waiting.  

A friend of mine right now has a child who is ill.  They've waited and waited for answers and they're still waiting.  Chances are they'll be waiting a long time.

In time, we realize life is a cycle of ebb and flow, abundance and scarcity, health and illness, feast and famine.  Introduce physics to the equation and everything has a tendency to want to come apart!  Plug one hole in the proverbial dyke and there are two more.  Eventually you run out of fingers and duct tape.

So what is the meaning of waiting?  Why are we always anticipating something before it happens?

It's a question many have pondered but few have answered.  Maybe the answer is waiting with meaning.  Again, the waiting game keeps repeating itself, so why fight it?  Instead, we can decide to man our stations and put our shoulders into the load.

Ponder the weather too much and you'll never plant.  Wait for the boom and it will be too late.  You want to get to where the ball is going to be, not where it's already been.

Anyone who will leverage this principle of waiting with meaning will reap aplenty.

Is your problem a financial one?  Get to work- inactivity is not going to help.  Relational?  Get out from under your covers and get out of your apartment.  Better yet, go for a run!

Something happens when we take action in a determined direction.

In fact, there's never a good time to worry.  Plan?  Yes!  Pray?  Absolutely!  But while you're praying, put on your overalls.  If you have the power to do something good, do it.

Please be sure to comment and let us know what you're waiting for and how you're passing the time while doing so.