I, like many others I know, find myself in these challenging times 'waiting'...Waiting for an answer; waiting for traction; waiting for something to shift. For anyone who knows me, inactivity is not one of my strengths. I am an 'action' person. I get things done; I make things happen. Clearly this is one of the many ways that I have chosen to show-up in the world.
For me, waiting feels like I am doing nothing; Waiting feels like a waste of time; Waiting feels lazy.
I tend to busy myself with other tasks. Always moving. Always checking things off of the endless "To Do" list, until I read this...
" When you're waiting, you're not doing nothing. You're doing the most important something there is. You're allowing your soul to grow up. If you can't be still and wait, you can't become what God created you to be."
I came across this quote in a book called, 'When the Heart Waits' by Susan Monk Kidd.
Waiting is the work.
And the work means being still. Stopping the "doing" and simply BE-ING.
Being still is the heavy lifting.
And in the stillness, God can be heard.
So in this society of 'quickaholics', I am choosing to slow down and stop doing.
I have undertaken the practice of "active waiting"...
...and letting my soul grow up.
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