Your friend promised to arrive by 3:00. It is now 3:17. You are bored. Or anxious. Or annoyed. Which are all simply states within your mind, and will no doubt change as soon as your friend arrives, telling the story of the world outside your head.
How do you respond when someone is late?
Sometimes important things drop in on us out of the blue, a complete and utter surprise. But more often we spend our time scanning the horizon, waiting for that much-anticipated (or dreaded) thing to arrive.
What are you scanning the horizon for?
Imagine reaching up and up, through the green, silted water, toward the sun. You break through into air, a whole new element. And there, in bud, you pause. And then bloom.
What in your life is waiting to bloom?
“Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.” —Carl Sagan
What is something incredible that you know?
It’s a gratifying feeling, knowing you’re on the right track, heading toward where you want to go. But sometimes it’s even better to be on the left track, headed somewhere different than the rest of the crowd.
What are you on track toward?
