There are nights that feel like they will never be over, leaving you wallowing forever in the pain or anxiety that has disturbed your sleep. There is no way to make the sun show up sooner, but if you are able to step outside your unhappiness and look around, you will see the night is full of lights set out by others with hope to spare. You could watch those flicker until the sun comes up.
Who has lit a candle for you?
The long wait is almost over. After months of separation, the long-awaited reunion. In the days to come there will be complicated recalibrations as people who have had to contend with life apart reestablish how to contend with life together. But for now, in this last moment, only the complete open-heartedness of the end of waiting.
Who have you welcomed home?
You are buckled into the plane, ready to take to the sky on your grand adventure…and it turns out that your jet is just one of many in a long line waiting to get airborne. Each and every one is ready to go, and just as eager as you to get underway. It’s frustrating, but everybody getting their turn is still the best rule, whether at the kindergarten swings or on the airport runway.
In what part of your life are you waiting for your turn?
“When the boat is waiting for you, when the rowers are waiting for you, when the calm sea is waiting for you, when the sun is waiting for you, when everything is ready to help you to move forward, be there or those who wait will go away!”
―Mehmet Murat ildan
What is waiting to help you on your way?
The exciting part is the quick rappel to the bottom after the exhausting climb to the top. But the most lovely part might just be that pause at the summit where you get to admire the view.
What do you see when you take the time to look around from this vantage point in your life?
