YES!!!
Waiting can be an
investment;
Waiting can be a tool
for advancement;
Waiting can be a strategy for change.
But, waiting, if wrongly directed, has potential to become a
debilitating strategy that causes you to adapt to the present in a way that can
sabotage your future.
A patient dog, according to a popular adage, is said to enjoy
the reward of eating the fattest bone. But does the dog attract the fattest
bone by just waiting patiently or could there be something else this adage does
not tell us about what the dog was doing while waiting patiently? Because it
makes a lot of sense to think that this dog must have not just merely waited,
but must have waited strategically. If I am correct, then waiting strategically
implies that a plan of action must have been in place which required elements
of patience for its maturity while in execution in order to attract the reward
of the fattest bone. Therefore, the fattest bone did not drop from the sky
because the dog was patiently waiting, but rather the dog knowing that the
fattest bone was somewhere in the sky strategically put a plan of action to
work and waited for it to gravitate the fattest bone of its desire.
So the million dollar question is: What Do You Do While Waiting?
Yes!!! A good Christian like me will say: “God’s time is the
best”; but God’s time will have to synthesize with your preparedness to produce
the best. The common man on the street of Naija will say: “E-go-better”, but “E-go-better”
will only respond to how better prepared he is for the better opportunities he
is envisaging ahead. So the million dollar question still stares you in the
face: What Do You Do While Waiting?
Taking a look back at the story of the patient dog, do we
believe that the dog was on a hunger strike while waiting for the fattest bone?
I don’t think so. The dog must have had other little bones to make do with in
the meantime while patiently anticipating that its plans for the fattest bone
will soon bring forth. But we must not forget that, most importantly, there was
a PLAN.
The illustrations above, is similar to the experiences that
we humans get through with every passing day – we hope for better
opportunities, circumstances and situations that contradict the ugliness of our
present realities. This while being encouraged, as we’re expected to keep
dreaming big, also poses a problem for a larger percentage of people who get
stuck at the dreaming phase without concrete plans on how to progressively PUSH these big dreams into physical manifestations.
Pushing, in this context, emphasizes perseverance; and perseverance can only
deliver rewards when blended with good bouts of patience. You can observe to
see that all still boils down to having patience, but this time: Active Patience (waiting patiently and
doing something) and not Passive Patience
(waiting patiently and doing nothing).
Waiting is part of the same equation as Hope and Anticipation.
It creates powerful sensations which have same energy and excitement as completion.
This is why most people live in the world of their dreams longer than
necessary. Therefore, if waiting is to be properly appropriated as a positive tool,
it must not be seen as a moment of delay, but a moment of preparation.
Have you extracted every meaningful benefit from your
immediate environment? If not, then stop worrying about the dream afar off. While
waiting for that big picture in your dreams, start painting smaller or small
ones; while dreaming of affecting the world with the virus of your big idea,
start by affecting your immediate environment first. There are things to get
done while waiting.
This message may strike hard at the heart of your weakness or
bring back memories of painful experiences you’ve had which deterred you from
pressing forward, but not to worry: “Part of getting matured involves the
process of allowing your painful experiences and weaknesses reveal the
corrections that needs to be made to facilitate your future or success”.
The million dollar question is still waiting for your
response, but it’s like it has been rephrased: What Will You Do While Waiting?
I BELIEVE IN YOU!!!
Strive for the Mountain-Top experience.
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