#52: #Waiting ..and . Waiting for ..
Waiting and Waiting For
When the farmer
sows the seed, he has to wait for the plant to sprout. That’s already been work
in progress, but if he becomes anxious about why sprout has not come and daily
checks, he will become stressed. Things will happen at their own pace and time.
There is a subtle difference between
“waiting” and “waiting for.” Which leads to peaceful progress and Stressful
success; if we keep thinking, why isn’t it happening? Why not yet? You will
get stressed, and, even if seed eventually sprouts, farmer has traded peace for
success.
You might have seen people waiting
for an elevator; they keep pressing button to call the lift as if it will come
fast. It will arrive at its own speed. They lose their peace.
If you have
gone for dinner and ordered, you have to just wait … waiting for
the waiter will make the wait exasperating. The anxiety of waiting for is
torture. Test results, an admission decision, the results of a job interview,
election results, even a first date… Among the most universal experiences of
anxiety, waiting for can be grueling to endure and can feel limited
only by the people and things we care about.
When there
is a peaceful path to success, why take the stressful path?? Giving up “waiting
for “and you will give up Stressful success. Learn to do your part and wait … That’s
the path to peaceful progress.
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