So true! Thanks, Dawn. Sometimes I'm frustrated at how much time I spend waiting, on hold for instance. That is especially true if I'm subjected to unfortunate music or I'm not told how long my wait might be.
It took me until a couple of years ago to appreciate the positive side of
waiting. When I wait a few days longer than when something was supposed to happen, I save myself time. That person gets back to me or an issue will be resolved without further action on my part.
I was smiling, Rita, at the wait time with music and am especially grateful when there is a no music option and I can read or write while waiting. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Here's to the joy and the agony of waiting - both!
Waiting for life to continue the way I anticipate: the show to begin, the doc to come into his office for my examination. But just what is it that I anticipate? That the show will be wonderful - well, then the wait is exciting. That the doctor may have bad news for me - well then the wait is agonizingly long and frightening. How, in that second scenario does one ease the anxiety of the wait?
Oh, CJ, this is exactly the question, isn't it? And how waits can feel short or long even if of the same length of time of waiting. One word holding so much complexity. And there are the things we wait for for a lifetime. I was thinking about that after I wrote. That are sometimes resolved and sometimes not. It makes me think of something dad wrote in his 20s in a note to someone (which I have and treasure - he'd be 116 this week). He said, "100 years from now it won't matter."
So true! Thanks, Dawn. Sometimes I'm frustrated at how much time I spend waiting, on hold for instance. That is especially true if I'm subjected to unfortunate music or I'm not told how long my wait might be.
It took me until a couple of years ago to appreciate the positive side of
waiting. When I wait a few days longer than when something was supposed to happen, I save myself time. That person gets back to me or an issue will be resolved without further action on my part.
I was smiling, Rita, at the wait time with music and am especially grateful when there is a no music option and I can read or write while waiting. Thank you for sharing your thoughts. Here's to the joy and the agony of waiting - both!
Waiting for life to continue the way I anticipate: the show to begin, the doc to come into his office for my examination. But just what is it that I anticipate? That the show will be wonderful - well, then the wait is exciting. That the doctor may have bad news for me - well then the wait is agonizingly long and frightening. How, in that second scenario does one ease the anxiety of the wait?
Oh, CJ, this is exactly the question, isn't it? And how waits can feel short or long even if of the same length of time of waiting. One word holding so much complexity. And there are the things we wait for for a lifetime. I was thinking about that after I wrote. That are sometimes resolved and sometimes not. It makes me think of something dad wrote in his 20s in a note to someone (which I have and treasure - he'd be 116 this week). He said, "100 years from now it won't matter."