I have spent much of my life waiting. I believe that we all spend much more time waiting than we realize.
When we are young, we can’t wait to be grown up. When we are grown up, we work hard and wait for success. We cannot wait to fall in love. Some people wait a long time before they get married. If we have children, when they are little we wait for them to get old enough that we can actually get some sleep. When they get older, we wait anxiously to see what kind of people they will become. And when they leave home, we sit and wait for them to come back and visit us.
When I am at work, I wait for 4:00 to come, so I can leave. I wait for payday to come. I wait for an opportunity to take vacation time. I wait for the holidays. I wait in the traffic, trying to get home.
When you think about the word waiting, it brings to mind someone sitting quietly, waiting for something to happen, or for someone to arrive. Waiting can be passive. But waiting can also be active, like when you are waiting for your dinner to be done, but you’re the one preparing it. Or you’re waiting for the dog to do its business, but you are the one walking it. While waiting at the airport, for example, you are busy watching people passing by, thinking about your upcoming flight and your destination, planning what you will do during your layover.
There have been times in my life when I wasn’t sure what to do. Times when I needed to make a decision, but I wasn’t certain what the right decision was. During those times, I spent a lot of time in prayer, and waited to see if I felt led in a certain direction. I was waiting on God, but I had to go on living my life, and sometimes when it was time to make the decision I just had to make the best decision I could, knowing that God would still be with me.
I realize that I don’t know very much about waiting. It is much more prevalent in my life than I had considered. I believe I could be more productive in my waiting times, by organizing my thoughts or praying or just trying to clear my head.
A Little Bit of Everything, With Love 
There are so many things we have to wait for as you convey so well here.
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Yes, it is a part of every day.
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Or you could put more emphasis on the now. Notice every minute and enjoy it as such without stiving ever moment to be somewhere else. This is not an easy task, but the endeavor can certainly save you a lot of time waiting.
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Yes, I really need to do this, to be more present.
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