You know that feeling of waiting for something? Remember as a kid seeing all those colorfully wrapped gifts piled under the tree just waiting to be opened?
The week before Christmas always seemed to pass so slowly - yet in a blink it was all gone. After a few seconds of tearing, there you were, left with an unwrapped gift layig in your hands or sitting at your feet - the colorful paper gone, but the appreciation of finally knowing what that gift was and being able to touch it and play with it or wear it... That appreciation and joyful happiness in your gift would somehow not have been quite as full without those long days of waiting...
But oh, how hard and long and unbearable waiting can get! Even when you know - you know in the end it will be worth it, you know when the paper falls away, when you open that box and begin to put the pieces of the puzzle into place or read the first page of that new book or assemble that train set and listen to the wistle blow for the first time, even when you know the waiting is a very good thing, it still doesn't always make it very enjoyable (in fact, sometimes it can be downright boring!).
Now, I'm not saying I've been bored - quite the opposite in fact! But it would be foolish to try to deny that waiting for this paper to be returned and that paper to be processed before the completed application can even be sent in doesn't, at times, make me impatient.
I don't like waiting.
I was that kid who not only shook the wrapped packages to try to guess what was inside but considered shaking to be a last resort.
I was the kid who would inevitably 'happen' to overhear certain conversations or open the exact 'wrong' doors - surprises were only fun if discovered!
Waiting - what does that even mean?
Patience.
Gratefulness.
Patience.
Trust.
Quietness.
Patience.
Treasure time.
Treasure moments.
Treasure relationships.
Patience.
Learn patience.
And don't let even one minute slip by unnoticed while waiting...
The week before Christmas always seemed to pass so slowly - yet in a blink it was all gone. After a few seconds of tearing, there you were, left with an unwrapped gift layig in your hands or sitting at your feet - the colorful paper gone, but the appreciation of finally knowing what that gift was and being able to touch it and play with it or wear it... That appreciation and joyful happiness in your gift would somehow not have been quite as full without those long days of waiting...
But oh, how hard and long and unbearable waiting can get! Even when you know - you know in the end it will be worth it, you know when the paper falls away, when you open that box and begin to put the pieces of the puzzle into place or read the first page of that new book or assemble that train set and listen to the wistle blow for the first time, even when you know the waiting is a very good thing, it still doesn't always make it very enjoyable (in fact, sometimes it can be downright boring!).
Now, I'm not saying I've been bored - quite the opposite in fact! But it would be foolish to try to deny that waiting for this paper to be returned and that paper to be processed before the completed application can even be sent in doesn't, at times, make me impatient.
I don't like waiting.
I was that kid who not only shook the wrapped packages to try to guess what was inside but considered shaking to be a last resort.
I was the kid who would inevitably 'happen' to overhear certain conversations or open the exact 'wrong' doors - surprises were only fun if discovered!
Waiting - what does that even mean?
Patience.
Gratefulness.
Patience.
Trust.
Quietness.
Patience.
Treasure time.
Treasure moments.
Treasure relationships.
Patience.
Learn patience.
And don't let even one minute slip by unnoticed while waiting...
