How much of human life is lost, in waiting??
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Think about this!
Waiting for your life to begin
Waiting for your team to win
Waiting for the train to arrive
Waiting for your kid to strive
Waiting for the rain to pass
Waiting for the bell after class
Waiting for the job of your dreams
Waiting for things to become what they seem
Waiting for inspiration to come
Waiting to become rich and then some
Waiting for a person to change
Waiting for a bad mood to disappear
Waiting for your head to clear
Waiting for your boss to see your worth
Waiting for heaven on earth
Waiting for your due
Waiting for a cue
Waiting for someone to understand
Waiting for your enemies to be banned
Waiting for the world to get better
Waiting for that love letter
Waiting for something that will never come
Waiting for things to become undone
Waiting for wisdom to teach me
That waiting is just wasting time
Me and all my friends
We're all misunderstood
They say we stand for nothing and
There's no way we ever could
Now we see everything is going wrong
With the world and those who lead it
We just feel like we don't have the means
To rise above and beat it
So we keep waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
It's hard to beat the system
When we're standing at a distance
So we keep waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
Now if we had the power
To bring our neighbors home from war
They woulda never missed a Christmas
No more ribbons on the door
When you trust your television
What you get is what you got 'cause when they own the information ooohhh,
They can bend it all they want!
That's why we're waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
It's not that we don't care
We just know that the fight ain't fair
So we keep waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
One day our generation
Is gonna rule the population
So we keep on waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
Now we keep on waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting (waiting)
I waited 10 weeks until I could run again. I know this analogy may not be exactly right but as I was waiting, I lost precious time. I lost speed and I lost my fitness level. All because I had to wait.
Waiting is tedious and unforgiving. You walk into a bank or the DMV and invariably you will be waiting. You must make allowances in your day for waiting. 20 minutes for the subway. 10 minutes in Trader Joe's. 15 minutes to use the restroom (WOMAN). It is fucking annoying but it is inevitable isn't it?
A woman waits 9 months to give birth. Patience is a virtue they say!
From Wikipedia:
Patience is the state of endurance under difficult circumstances, which can mean persevering in the face of delay or provocation without becoming annoyed or upset; or exhibiting forbearance when under strain, especially when faced with longer-term difficulties. It is also used to refer to the character trait of being steadfast.
I think of myself, most times as impetuous. Impulsive, thus waiting around is rendered quite torturous for me.
The best strategy for developing patience is by example.
Do you honk at other drivers when they are going too slow? I do!! So did my dad when I was growing up. I wonder...did I learn my impatience from him? Did he set the bar so low that I simply refuse to wait?
Well, I certainly didn't "WAIT" to run did I? Something to think about!! So, I am off for my run now. I think I've waited long enough, don't you??
What are some of the things that you wait for? And, do you mind the wait - like I do? Do you believe in the old say:
All good things come to those, that wait??
The opposite of talking isn't listening.
The opposite of talking is waiting.
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