THE ART OF WAITING

'Qavah' in hebrew means to wait actively with anticipation, hopefully watching for god to act! 

For most of us, Waiting is an ordeal irrespective of the belief that it is an act of god. The long haul, to look forward expectantly and to remain inactive can be an enduring act. 

Surf excel advocated the philosophy "Dirt is good" to advertise their detergent powder. The brand made use of reverse psychology to sell their product. They made us believe that if soiling one's clothes is for a good cause then its worth the dirt! 

When I waited for good things to happen, rather, just for life to happen, I convinced myself thinking 'Waiting is good' too, if it is meant to better the moments ahead! 

Typically our day starts and ends with 'Waiting'. Waiting for the milk to boil for our first energetic morning coffee to waiting for the bus or cab to reach our destination- ' Home' . The day progresses with lost chunks of time~ waiting for online classes to start,  the traffic to clear, trains to arrive, doctors to treat us, waiting for a decent meal and finally waiting for the day to end! Eventually, we end up waiting for years together to accomplish a goal! Unfair and unexplained as it seems, most of the waits are longer, troublesome and infinite to us than being shorter and finite waits. Human mind hates uncertainty. We prefer quick actions, solutions and reason out that it is better to do something than being still. There are a plenty of external voices which drive us to believe this confirmation bias.

Although, Waiting is a cathartic experience, it can be put to use by building unique spaces which encourage deeper listening to our inner thoughts viewing the bigger picture. Similar to practicing mindfulness, practicing waiting enables us to focus on what we  target. The process demands time and patience, goals gain clarity once our eyes adjust to the brightness of the dark room.

To proceed, to make progress, to move further requires a unique set of skills and waiting is the most important. While waiting, we discover ourselves for the nth time. Each time we uncover, more of the self will be revealed, the elements which we never had taken into consideration might benefit us to make the right decisions. We often regret that while making choices, we would have made a better one if only we had the time and space. This period of waiting provides us with myriad number of possibilities to speculate which would be right or wrong and gives ample time to do the right move. 

From all those meanings given for 'Waiting', I would like to embrace the concept of waiting 'as a state or attitude of watchfulness and expectancy' for it helps one develop  hope and positivity. So lets wait, to bloom and to conquer.