people spend a LOT of time
waiting
waiting in line
waiting in traffic
waiting for the bus
waiting for someone
or something
waiting to go to bed
to leave work
to eat
shower
in truth
we're always waiting
ever if we don't think
we are
but waiting
is part of life for all things
including
empty places
apartments
houses
waiting for someone
to fill them
animal shelters are
filled with those
waiting for
new and loving homes
waiting to get out of school
waiting to grow up
waiting in dentists offices
in grocery stores
waiting for a favorite book
to be released
or a play to come out
waiting for a date
or a baby
or a week end
or a trip
or the kids to come home
from playing
or THE ONE
and sometimes
we wait to die
we don't think about
all the time we spend waiting
it's just a part of life
that we can't avoid
because we don't have control
over what happens around us
we can't change the traffic in front of us
or the waiting rooms
not matter how badly we'd like to
but we are constantly told to
live in the moment
which we do
since realistically
one can't live anywhere else
however
a lot of those moments
are spent waiting
but there's another way to look at it
one can see it as goal setting
so that once whatever it is
has been accomplished
(we made it home)
the goal has come to a close
and when we're thinking about
what we have to do tomorrow
we're simply waiting to
bring those goals to an end
and sometimes
get thing things
over with
but our check list
never ends
and if we aren't careful
the things we're waiting for
can push the things we're doing
at the moment
out of our minds
so we end up
living in an imagined future
instead of
right here
right now
I'm not sure how one species
can be so screwed up
but we're living proof
that it an happen
Picture: Pixabay
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