Waiting...

Waiting... by its mere definition, is the action of staying where one is; delaying action until a particular time or until something else happens.

Waiting is hard!! It is especially hard in a world where it seems immediate gratification is expected, has become the norm. Perhaps part of this is due to having the ability to "track" everything. Seriously... if you order food to be delivered, you can now track when your delivery person leaves the place of business all the way to your front door; if you order something online, you can track where your package is at from the time it leaves the warehouse; we can even track our family members movements...
 
Waiting is stressful... we expect things to happen in a certain manner, at a certain time. We most definitely do not like it when someone asks us to wait. I mean, have you ever ordered something only to have it take forever & a day to get processed/leave the warehouse, or have the shipping company experience a delay? Or how about when you have an appointment set for a certain time, you "race" to get there on time, fighting heavy traffic that is slowing you down,  then sit and wait, wait, wait... sometimes you wait for a period of time after your designated appointment time. Speaking of traffic... well, maybe it's better if I leave that for another day. 

Can you relate to any of this?

What if I told you, in the grand scheme of things, time doesn't really matter and that we are meant to wait?

Waiting is powerful... and things are going to happen when they are supposed to happen, whether we like it or not. Time is not something we can control, not matter how much we try. 

Waiting is important... sometimes, things happen to protect us. from something that isn't meant for us, from something (or someone) that might hurt us (or not be right for us), or from something that might be meant for someone else. Sometimes, things happen that we just do not understand, but there is a reason. 

We should never underestimate the power, or the importance, of waiting.