The waiting game

Life should not be spent waiting, time is precious, but we wait. We wait all the time!

We don't just hurry up to get in line and wait; for the store to open, a table to sit and eat, at a red light to turn green. We spend a lot of our life time, waiting.

Sometimes we wait for the season to change. Mine would be Spring. I do love all the seasons and changes, but I wait for the snow to melt, the anticipation of flowers emerging from the cold ground for outstanding blossoms. I also wait for the bears to wake up and show themselves. I even look for clues they have returned; a heavy large footprint on the bank, a pile of poop. I find myself waiting at the right time of day in hopes I will catch them crossing the clearing.

“The future starts today, not tomorrow.” —Pope John Paul II

What about how we wait through stages of life? Little children anticipate an upcoming birthday. They rush through the early years to let you know, " I am almost 7"( in 3 months). Children wait to go to the park, a friends party, play time, for the cookies to come out of the oven.

It does not change we wait; to learn to drive, a first job, first date, the big game you have practiced weeks to play in, graduation, all those new beginnings. Kind of like waiting for Spring. But we grow, we age, we wait. Adult life starts new beginnings and wait, wedding day, first or new house, new baby, the weekend to have time off and even more the vacation you worked so hard to enjoy.

As we grow even older and into retirement we have more time and we still wait; for the kids to call, a friend to reply to a text or message, Friday night out.

It is not just a people waiting game, your pets wait too. They wait for you to feed them, to come home, go for a walk or ride in car, to sit and play or let them. How much time do we wait?Are we wasting time in anticipation for it to get here. Once time passes, it is gone and we can't get it back, so why do we wait and hurry it up for "moment".

Waiting does teach us patience, it should help us learn appreciation for what we waited for in the first place.

Change the waiting game and don't waste time. Unless you are waking early to catch the morning sunrise colors or maybe evening the full moon to rise. Every moment is precious, wake up and appreciate right now. If you keep waiting for something more, one day you realize all the time that you have wasted by waiting and you can't get it back. “Don’t wait for your ship to come in – swim out to it.” – Jerry Smith

Don't wait to tell someone you love them or thank you, don't wait to smile or wave to others passing by.

If "you believe the world is incomprehensibly beautiful- an endless prospect of magic and wonder"- Ansel Adams, then don't wait and enjoy now.

I might still wait for my bears, and if I only see a squirrel, I will appreciate him too. “Waiting is not always a bad thing; it can bring its own joy -the thrill of anticipation.” – David Jeremiah