I am also going to start something new for all you wonderful people out there, just waiting to begin a writing journey of your own. I am going to let you know where I wrote each piece.
For example: My two youngest were upstairs making up a chanting song and I can hear them playing "bedtime". I have had 10 minutes to sit and take care of this prompt and post it. Yes, they are arguing a little bit, but if I wait until they aren't fighting or asleep, this might never happen!
Wait
I have always loved Dr. Seuss and especially “Oh the Places
You’ll Go”. It’s just a great book for
all ages. The line that gets me is this
one:
“…for
people just waiting.
Waiting for a train to go
or a bus to come, or a plane to go
or the mail to come, or the rain to go
or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow
or waiting around for a Yes or No
or waiting for their hair to grow.
Everyone is just waiting. (18)
Waiting for a train to go
or a bus to come, or a plane to go
or the mail to come, or the rain to go
or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow
or waiting around for a Yes or No
or waiting for their hair to grow.
Everyone is just waiting. (18)
And I have often felt a kinship with
that line. My life is happy. It is full.
It is a good one. One that I never imagined would be mine because well, God
knows me better than I know me. And my
past imagined life wasn’t nearly as wonderful as my current life is.
But I have been in “the waiting
place”. When will we buy a house? When will we have a baby? Will we settle down?
Waiting for a free moment to
write or to read or to do something I want to do in the middle of a normal
day.
Like today.
Well, I say, NO! to being in the
waiting place. Or at least I can be in
the waiting place but the waiting doesn’t have to define me. I can live happily where I am and do what I
want to do or have always dreamed of doing. I don’t need to wait until the
house is perfect, until the kids are older, until we make more money, until we
have a house.
I can take what I have right now
and turn away from the waiting place. Because what really comes of waiting? Missed opportunities and regrets.
If you wait, you might miss this...
2 comments:
Thanks for stopping by my blog. I love this reminder to live in the here and now while waiting for what God has next. 😊
I really do love this and can relate so much. Thank you for your beautiful post!
Post a Comment