Wait

Most people hate to wait. Long distance flying is one of the most dreaded examples. Of course it has to do with cramped space as well but having nothing is do while we wait for arrival is not pleasant. Yet waiting may be the key to success and happiness.

It does go against the common belief that you've got to get what you want and not wait for someone to give it to you. But opportunity is often not something you can induce and manufacture by throwing resource at it like darts to a target. Even big hunters need to wait for prey to be near and birds wait in flight for the right moment to descend on an opportunity.

Waiting is actually about patience rather than forcing your will on the outcome. It is not about inactivity or laziness. That's why many religions talk about the importance of waiting. Many do not believe anyone will show up like the play "Waiting for Godot".

The song says to wait on the Lord. The truth of it depends on who you see is this person? If he is just a pleasant grandpa without much say, some ogre waiting to punish us or other inaccurate image, the waiting is in vain.

I found that it was in the silence of my despair, seeing no exit and feeling like there was no one to hear me, that I learned to wait. And now I am more energetic, focused and flowing with life more than any other time.