DISCLAIMER: I have stood in line for 2 iPhones (below) and loved every minute of it.
I handle waiting better than most, I would like to think. I don't drive 100mph to go 10 miles. I don't huff and puff if I do get stuck in a long line. I don't berate people if dinner takes a little longer than it should to be served. But I know I should handle waiting better than I do.
But it seems here lately waiting is all I am doing. Not sure if this is God’s way of testing me or if I am just running through a stretch in life that requires waiting or both.
As I write this, I am currently waiting on carpet cleaners to call. In the past few days I have waited for possible interviews, for the State to respond to applications, people to get back with me and I even got stuck in an ungodly line at Starbucks that I couldn't get out of.
And almost on queue, I read an article this morning from a friend about taking things one step at a time and that a lot of the great things in life do require waiting. He talked about (and reminded me) that the design for the iPhone OS was actually created on the iPad. And for those of you that know about these products, the iPhone was released to the public 3 years BEFORE the iPad. But they waited until the time was right to release the iPad. Keyword...waited.
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So whatever this is in my life right now, I accept the challenge and will keep waiting because eventually what I am waiting for has to show up...right?
Thanks for sharing one way the idea of "one step at a time" fleshes out. (And for the record, when I drove as much as I did in DFW, I was the guy going 100mph.... just to back out of the driveway. So, I guess I'm a work in progress.)
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