You and the universe, the psychology of waiting, a tender illustrated fable about the stubborn courage of making the impossible possible
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You and the universe, the psychology of waiting, a tender illustrated fable about the stubborn courage of making the impossible possible
Because, as Tom Waits so unforgettably observed, the way we do anything is the way we do everything, our style of waiting is a miniature of our style of living: There is impatient and petulant waiting; there is waiting with the humility that while we may be worthy of the object of our hope, we are not entitled to it or to the mercies of time; there... See more
Maria Popova • The Marginalian
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The Marginalian
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To wait for something is to value it, to want it, to yearn for it, but to face its absence, its attainment forestalled by time and circumstance. All true waiting — which is different from abstinence, delayed gratification, and other forms of self-discipline — has an element of helplessness to it and is therefore training ground for mastering the vi... See more
Maria Popova • The Marginalian
Waiting is the act of staying where one is, of delaying action until a particular time comes around or an external event occurs. It’s a risky state to consign yourself to because; what you’re waiting for may never come.
A day after I left my doctor’s surgery, I received an automated text from them. It was advertising mental health workshops: “Is so... See more
A day after I left my doctor’s surgery, I received an automated text from them. It was advertising mental health workshops: “Is so... See more
Victoria Spratt • Stop Sitting In The Waiting Room Of Your Own Life
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Patience is a form of wisdom.
It demonstrates that we understand and accept the fact
that sometimes things must unfold in their own time.
(Jon Kabat-Zinn)
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Patience [is] the basic constituent of Christianity . . . the power to wait, to persevere, to hold out, to endure to the end, not to transcend one’s own limitations, not to force issues by playing the hero or the titan, but to practice the virtue that lies beyond heroism, the meekness of the lamb which is led.2
Tish Harrison Warren • Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life
like this – “not being able to wait” itself cannot wait. How, then, should we understand an instantaneous, on-demand, twenty-first-century, “global” culture such as ours, constituted almost exclusively by waiting? Waiting for the subway, waiting for lunch, waiting for a friend, waiting at the airport, waiting to be called, waiting to not hurt, wait
... See moreEugene Thacker • Infinite Resignation
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