The beauty in waiting

 

Hurry doesn't solve most things, likewise being in haste doesn't get you where you want to be within your calculated time. It rather makes us forget things that were not meant to be forgotten, make mistakes that are most times unwarranted, It makes us jump into uncalculated decisions.

Every human being has got a part of them that makes them believe and act in hurry, It is believed that being in a hurry tends to help attain or achieve some things faster. Talking of life opportunities, Success in different areas, goals, decisions, day-to-day movements and activities, and many more. We all want everything quick, and as fast as possible, regardless of the means, it takes to get them. In the world we live in today a lot of youth right now are on the lookout for the fastest means to become successful financially, they commit all manner of atrocities just to become financially free. It just shouldn't be like this, there are processes to achieving this success or greatness. The waiting part in the life of most people has been fast-tracked. We live in a world where people despise waiting and are always in a hurry to make decisions with respect to what they are currently passing through. The act of waiting and thinking things through has since been forgotten and forbidden. You hear words like "I want it now!" "Seal that deal now!" I wholeheartedly agree with the fact that there are times when we have to hurry over making some decisions, times when the only hurry solves the situation, but if you ask me i would tell you on a scale of 100 it holds about 40.

There is a lot of beauty in waiting. Waiting helps see things through, it helps pervert certain judgments, it excludes us from unforeseen harms, it trains our minds to be calm during life storms and pressures. There is indeed beauty in waiting, we have had scenarios whereby people say "If only he had waited just for a minute, this wouldn't have happened." We rush into taking drastic non-going back steps just because we are in a hurry. We shove off ideas, and advice from colleagues just because we don't have that luxury of time to wait to hear what they have to say.

Waiting might mean different things at a different point in time but the general widespread meaning is an act of pause. "Please wait while you are being attended to." "Please wait while we get you your daughter." "Kindly hold on while i verify your passports." "You can wait till it's your turn." A lot of times waiting is always attached to positivity.

We all need to train ourselves to wait in the midst of life storms and challenges, we must learn to wait and think before talking, we must embrace waiting before making that multi-million dollar contract decision, we must learn to wait before starting that business or entrepreneurship journey, we must wait before applying for that job offer. There is always a beauty in waiting which the hurried programmed human being does not see.

You might say waiting is painful, waiting is most times hurting, especially when you've been waiting for a while without anything to show for it. I agree with all this and i will say again, there is always beauty in waiting. While you wait your inner strength is built, the strength you will need to whether all future storms that may come or arise on your journey to success, every act of waiting teach a lesson, and most times it's not just waiting, It doesn't end with our waiting rather the attitude we keep while we wait.

Teach yourself to wait in others to see and embrace its beauty. Hurry doesn't solve everything.

Always learn to wait.