There comes a point at which you have gone as far as you can go. From here you will need different transport or more information or resources that you just don’t yet have. It’s OK. You aren’t stuck waiting here forever. Just for now. And it could be that the view from here is worth your time.
What do you need in order to move forward with something that feels stuck?
“My whole life is waiting for the questions to which I have prepared answers.” —Tom Stoppard
What questions do you wish someone would ask you?
The longest part of making yeast bread is that of simply waiting around for the bread to rise. Nothing you can do but let the little yeast critters do their work while you move on with something else. It will be done when it’s done.
What is growing in your life without your needing to do anything to make it happen?
In this night the stars left their habitual places
And kindled wildfire tidings that spread faster than sound.
In this night the shepherds left their posts
To shout the new slogans into each other’s clogged ears.
In this night the foxes left their warm burrows
And the lion spoke with deliberation
“This is the end revolution.”
In this night roses fooled the earth
And began to bloom in the snow.
—Dorothee Solle
What is, against all reason, blooming for you?
Imagine those Jews of long ago, watching and waiting as the oil that was only sufficient for one day burned for eight. Waiting for the light to go out, as night after night it just kept stubbornly burning.
When has your waiting led to more than you dared to hope?
