Wait for IT
It has been a while and the nature of our life has not altered. Lately, our life has had a theme of waiting. Waiting for a house to finish, waiting to be pick-up a spouse from a business trip, waiting to see if one likes a job better, waiting for an injury to heal, waiting to have some time alone with a spouse, waiting for a much needed income tax return, waiting to see changes in child-parent dynamics, waiting to be more patient (the irony?) or waiting to know what my new life direction should be. As I thought about these themes, I realized, duh!, how much of our life centers around waiting. It is a life skill I think should be more directly addressed in education and life. It seems so simple. Yet, the act of creating a moment which requires waiting is not merely enough. The question is, how do we/I handle the waiting? As I look back on the last nine months, sometimes it has been merely sitting and holding my breath....