Waiting: An inevitable aspect of life.

Every single day, we find ourselves in a moment that we have to wait. Whether it is waiting for our ride, for our class to start/end, for food to be served, waiting for a friend or a loved one, and waiting for vacations. This goes to waiting for ourselves to mature and to be a better individual, waiting for true love, and even waiting for sad goodbyes. The reality is that every moment in life, involves waiting and that it is a regular fixture in our everyday life.

This text ("The Sacrament of Waiting" -Fr. James Donelan SJ) struck me. I have to admit that I am sometimes impatient and waiting is a pain for me, especially long ones, whether it has to be waiting in long lines at the elevators in Andrew, waiting for the LRT, for food to be served, for a friend that takes too long, or even waiting for class to be dismissed. Simply, I hate waiting. But this text reminded me that in order for you to succeed and find the true meaning in life, you must first need to learn how to wait.

Waiting is one thing you simply cannot remove from our lives. It is inevitable, you really cannot escape the fact that in every given situation, anything isn't given immediately, you really have to give time and wait for it. Waiting is a sacrament in a sense that one must undergo". For us to live the fullness of life, we do have to undergo those long waits.

The line which struck me the most was "How can we ever find either life or love if we are too impatient to wait for it?" As someone who hates waiting, this changed my perception. In order to be a better individual, for you to succeed, enjoy the fullness of life and find love, waiting is always involved . Hence, waiting  is part of the "tapestry of living", It is an inevitable aspect of life. No matter how we try to escape it, you really have to wait. For something to flourish and mature, we always have to wait. By those moments of waiting, it  enables you to become a better individual. Surely, how do we enjoy the goodness that life has to offer if we are too impatient to give time to wait for it?