Conversations with a Friend..."At Waiting's End"

When I was young and jobless I used to wait every two weeks for my mom to get paid so I could go shopping. Even though she could only afford to buy me one t-shirt, I'd spend those 13 days before that walking in and out of stores looking for t-shirts and eventually narrowing it down to one. I never got impatient because I knew it was certain that I'd get a new shirt every two weeks. It's bittersweet how simple things such as waiting become difficult. Nothing is ever an overnight success, everything takes time. Taking time, means, waiting. Sometimes we're not even certain to what it is we're waiting for, sometimes, we're not even certain if we should be waiting. It's another fork in the road, although no decision is either right nor wrong. Both ways has it's twists and turns, and eventually both paths will lead to a single road, of happiness. It's all up in air until we decide which way we go. Whether it be, success, happiness or some odd virtue or lesson learned we want out of this waiting, keep that in mind that that's what you want, and if one decision takes you on a longer stroll, point is, we're going to get there, eventually, we just have to wait...it just takes...

Time. There never seems to be enough of it. Unfortunately for us, time seems to stand so painfully still when we are waiting. There are no loops holes, no "how-to's" to cheat the hands of time into moving forward. There is no possible way in doing so. Luckily for us, we have the glorious ability to keep busy but even then, the gnawing feeling of what awaits at the end of the road is rather daunting. The possibilities are endless. However, we get one of three concrete outcomes: What we want (what we've so desired), what we anticipated (wether it be for the best or worst) and what we did not expect at all. To wait usually means that we are no longer acting like the "best friend" in some epic adventure or a romantic comedy, but we have now graduated into something of a "leading lady." We are now starring in our own personal role, a role that we have always meant to lead. To wait means living that lust for life that has been pent up simply because we were scared. But when all the things are said and done, when our hearts have completely spilled, and there is only heaven's tears beating against the window, waiting is the only thing left. As the seasons continue to waltz, as the soothing sound of the acoustics reverberate throughout the peaceful room and the world continuous to move, we are still waiting. Until then, we live our lives and do what we got to, the wait will be over soon enough. To wait is to move forward. To move forward is to wait. The wait, regardless of the outcome, will set anyone free...finally. - God is Love

Thank you to Jessa Ramos who linked up with me to write the second half of this blog. I hope to collaboratively write with other people as well and I hope you guys like this one, out of more to come. Thanks. - D