Waiting...waiting...for what?
Godot?
This post, as all
my articles, is aimed at all of humanity because we, the collective ‘we’, all of
us, spend a substantial amount of time waiting.
It seems we are all the time...waiting.
But, what do we
wait for?
In my life, I wait
for the sun to come up so I can eat breakfast and wait for the computer to load. I wait for payday, cabs, someone to arrive on
time, for the love of my life to cross my threshold.
I wait for payday,
lunch, a report to land on my desk, a lottery win, birthdays, anniversaries,
parties, weddings, funerals, dinner out with friends, traffic lights, traffic
to move, trains to arrive, coffee to be ready at the cafe, for the ferry
to arrive at my wharf, grandma to get into the car, mum to iron my clothes, my
son to buy groceries, the news to come on tv at 6pm, the ad breaks so I can go
to the loo, the pizza delivery guy, the newspapers to appear over the fence in
the mornings, my turn in the supermarket queue, the ATM to produce my money, the
lady in the store to be interested in me as a customer, the cold water in the
shower to become warm, the bacon to cook, the Easter Bunny and Santa to come,
snow, summer, the tide to come in, the car to be fixed, dry cleaning to be done, the washing machine
to finish, the dryer cycle to end.
We wait for the big
lottery win, someone to leave us lots of money, the new job, promotion, new
office, new car, house or apartment, holidays and so it goes on seemingly waiting until the cows come home.
PHEW!
When we think about
it, we spend a heck of a long time simply, waiting. Waiting for something
in particular or anything at all to happen in our lives.
But what do we do
while waiting?
Do we simply wish
or wait for things to happen or are we being proactive in helping things along?
There seems little point in saying things
like...'I'm going to be skinny', I’m going ‘there’ one day.' ‘Sometime it will be my turn to be rich’, ‘My
ship will come in’ etc.
Saying things is one thing, doing things to make
things happen is another.
Very few things
happen unless we do something to get things started or push them along a
little.
Of course the pizza
will not arrive unless it is first phoned for, that is a no-brainer.
But there are other things that definitely will not happen unless they are edged or encouraged along.
Want to have a very
comfortable lifestyle? Come up with an idea (ethical and legal) that can lead
to your own business. Very few people become rich whilst working for
others.
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‘The Girl from Cadiz’.
The Girl from Cadiz, was
previously quoted in ‘Natural Elements – Fire’. http://verdeword.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/natural-elements-fire.html
I asked her for what she waits.
The answer was:
‘Peace of mind and wisdom. Still Waiting.’
Now friends, this is far more important than my first thoughts on waiting.
The Girl from Cadiz is much deeper and more philosophically advanced than I.
Think
about The
Girl from Cadiz’s
words; ‘Peace of mind and wisdom.’
I
ask the question, how do we wait for peace of mind and wisdom?
It is a case of simply meditating on one’s navel?
Instead
of waiting for something to happen, why not simply enjoy the moment we are
in. Sure we wait for the echoing ring of
the school bell, but while waiting, why not simply let go and enjoy the warm
fresh spring air coming in through the window.
Listen
to the quiet, listen to our heart beat, feel our skin as the breeze wafts over
our arm, feel our chest rising and falling as we breathe. Absorb everything around us in those moments
of peace and quietness. Because it is in
these moments of quietness when the mind relaxes, we have thoughts of nothing at
all.
It
is in these moments when the mind becomes empty and feelings of peace embrace
our being that the inner quiet voice is accepting and being aware of things
around us that had not previously been noticed.
It
is a form of tranquillity that will firstly bring peace of mind. And from that peaceful state of mind, the
brain is allowing us to simply be empty and allow thoughts to come that may at
first be foreign to us. With the mind
being empty of all diversionary thoughts and accepting of other thoughts, this
is where wisdom can arise.
It is the
time whilst feeling calm and at peace that we have the most wonderful thoughts
that can lead us on the path to wisdom.
Besides,
ridding our mind of the superfluous clutter and instead, live in the moment, is
sure better than simply waiting for things to happen.
Clear
the mind, allow it to breathe and allow it to generate creative and positive
thoughts whilst enjoying your surroundings.
This
is one way of generating The Girl from Cadiz's ‘Peace of Mind and Wisdom’.
Cheers,
Verde.
