Quietly Waiting

To whom it may concern-

Waiting is so difficult. It is something that we have to deal with everyday. Waiting for the next moment, waiting for your food, waiting to make a decision. Constantly waiting. We are so concerned about using our time in a useful manner that waiting seems counter intuitive. The only thing that we can do about waiting is make it more comfortable. If you're waiting with other people, you can say that you were catching up. If you're waiting by yourself and you're on your phone, you're catching up that way too, without communication. If you're not in that waiting moment and worrying about the next, you're going to feel like you're wasting time. The time that you could be  wasting doing something equally as stupid, such as, watching Reality TV, watching a dumb movie, reading a dumb book, or anything else stupid. But wasting time watching or reading something stupid is better to us than waiting, because you are keeping yourself busy in the mean time.

We need to be in the moment. Cherishing every moment of our lives. Always plan that things will take more time than you think that they will and you will never be in danger of running late or potentially ruining your own day from step one. I am one of the worst people about this. I will wait till the last possible minute to get ready and be in a rush for the rest of my day. Waiting is a privilege. If you are waiting for something, that means that if you receive what you are waiting for, it will be of great quality or necessity. It will be worth it. And if it's not, you're right, you can't get that time back, but you also can't get the hour back that you wasted on watching Jersey Shore. Time is important.Almost the most important thing in the world. It is the greatest show of respect and caring when you give someone your time. It is not something that should ever be taken for granted.Time is fleeting. You don't have a lot of it. Regret nothing.

-Sydney the Destroyer