On Waiting Well

Silent night, holy night.

All is calm, all is bright
Round yon Virgin, Mother and Child
Holy Infant so tender and mild
Sleep in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly peace -song “Silent Night” by Franz Xaver Gruber

“The three worst things in life are to try to please and not be able to. To lie in bed to sleep and not be able to. To wait for someone who does not come.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald

I’ve been waiting for a girl like you
To come into my life
I’ve been waiting for a girl like you
A love that will survive
I’ve been waiting for someone new
To make me feel alive
Yeah, waiting for a girl like you
To come into my life

I’ve been waiting
waiting for you
I’ve been waiting
I’ve been waiting
come into my life -song “I’ve Been Waiting For A Girl Like You” by Foreigner

“Don’t worry, or do. But realize that worrying is about as effective as solving a math equation by chewing bubble gum.” -Baz Lurhmann

“Worry is like a rocking chair. It will give you something to do, but it won’t get you anywhere.” -Vance Havner

It is estimated that the average person spends several years of their lives waiting (in line, on hold, in traffic, etc.). So it stands to reason that we should examine the quality of our waiting. Ask yourself the following:

(1) What exactly are you waiting for?

(2) Is what you are waiting for still worth it?

(3) What do you while you wait? Do you wait with expectation and excitement that it will happen? Or with distraction and anxiety that it will not?

And whatever you do, while you wait, don’t worry. Worrying gets you nowhere.

More often than not, the things we are waiting for do in fact come true. Just not on our timeframes and in ways we never could have imagined possible.