I doubt I have many followers, but for those of you who do follow this blog. I'm on again by... well not really popular demand but just because I feel like sharing my randomness with you all right now.
So I've been waiting for a call back from a company that I applied for a job at. I was all excited thinking the interview went well... and I still do think that. But they haven't called me back, so as the wait continues to grow longer, So does my hope grow smaller. As I've been waiting I've come to realize a few things about waiting. Well not really realize but I guess re-discover, these aren't really revolutionary theories I'm spouting out but things that have been shadowed by no one really caring about it. I've narrowed it down to a few key points.
The FIRST:
Waiting makes everything in life more worth it when it comes.
We've all had experiences with Christmas, or for those of other faiths. Hanukkah (that looks weird), Kwanzaa or whatever religious or non religious holiday you choose to celebrate in December. As far as I know, all these holidays people give and receive gifts. What are some of the best memories of these holiday? Well I don't know about you but my best memories are waking up really early in the morning and opening gifts. What made these gifts so fun to open? The wait! Waiting gives us suspense, it makes us use our imagination and create scenarios to prepare ourselves for what may come. Then when it does come, and it is a favorable thing (I know there are circumstances where things don't come as we plan - I'm just discussing positive experience), then all the waiting we went through makes what we're waiting for that much better.
The SECOND:
Waiting develops patience.
There's the old saying, patience is a virtue. Indeed it is, and especially in this society where everything is instant and at our finger tips all the time, the virtue of patience seems to be lost on an entire generation. We often get angry at fast food restaurants when we have to wait longer than 2 minutes. What has the world come to that we can't wait 2 minutes for our food? Lets assume that I have 5 minutes to procure food, what would happen if lets say it took 5 minutes. Generally speaking, there would be anger built up, frustration and in some instances yelling. Lets take that same scenario and say you get your food in an astonishing 1 minute. What would you do with those 4 minutes? We save those 4 minutes only to waste them somewhere else. Now you might say, well if we saved them here then we could use them productively somewhere else. Possibly, but how often do you find yourself having periods in your day when not much of anything is done? Whether it be due to lack of things to do, lack of ability to do what needs to be done for reasons beyond your control, or just a general lack of motivation to do things due to the humongous mountain of small tasks that need to be completed for the day. In a society where everything is so fast, we need to slow down our tempers and give room for some patience to grow and to refine our souls. In the end, whether or not you got that burger in 2 minutes or less, won't really matter and more often than not, you'll have forgotten by the time you've consumed the food. But by exercising a little patience, we can make someone's day by not being a jerk about it.
Which brings us to my next point
The THIRD:
When life goes by too fast we loose sight of the beauty that surrounds us.
We have access to everything and whenever we see something that we want, we do all that we can to get it as fast as we can. In the process we lose sight of the little things that make up that make life beautiful. We drive every where we go and lose our temper when traffic isn't going as we would like (I am guilty of this myself). But there have been times when I've been speeding my way to wherever I go (not actually flying past speed limit - =p) but going along then I catch a glimpse of nature in it's wonder and then for that moment, the world seems to wash away leaving me to marvel in the beauty that I've seen. There are so many little things that make life more interesting all around us but we're so focused on being entertained for the here and now and doing what we want when we want it that we blind ourselves to these awe inspiring moments. I wonder what life would be like, if we port our entire civilization 6000 years in the past with no modern anything. Some of us, would do well in coping without. But I'm guessing a vast majority of our developed nations wouldn't know what to do with themselves. I just ask that everyday you take a moment or two to stop, look around at your surroundings and try to find something beautiful and appreciate the fact that it's there.
I know in an age where we can tweet, blog, tumble, flicker, and update statuses in the blink of an eye; we also miss out on the interactions and emotions that make us special, patience, charity, service, and love as we seek to do everything all at once. Waiting can really make the difference between bad timing and perfect timing. So here I am, in front of my techno box, waiting albeit not passively, for something that I hope will be worth my wait. Something so beautiful, so wonderful, that I can't wait when it comes. Hopefully it'll be sooner than later. I can't stand the wait... haha =)
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