“The waiting is the hardest part.” – Tom Petty
Waiting is torturous. It’s brutal. I don’t do well sitting idle. I have to move and get things done or I feel like I’m being irresponsible and lazy. It is one of my downfalls; impatience. I always want things to happen in my time, yet there is no Kevin time in the greater expanse of the universe. It only exists in my head and the vortex I pull people into when things are not happening in my time.
That is exactly what is happening right now; nothing. We are sitting in limbo with the sale and closure of the business. Steps that are seemingly being taken while walking thorough molasses. Can we just get on with it?
This will just be short because, as I pointed out, I am just waiting. And waiting and waiting and waiting. So, while I wait…
Let me impart a little bit of hindsight knowledge; be patient. They say good things come to those who wait. Well, it isn’t always good, but if I let go of control and attachment to outcomes it is more tolerable and it is easier for me to practice acceptance. When we wait with expectations we set ourselves up for disappointment. I have slowly learned, and am still learning, that practicing patience allows me to be open to the outcome whether it turns out to be what I thought I wanted or not. Many times the outcome has been opposite of what I thought I wanted but exactly what I needed.
Patience allows room for change; a change of perspective, a change of desire, a change of direction, etc. When I am impatient I am projecting what I think I want and desire on to an imminent outcome that may or may not align with what I have conjured and created in my head. And if it doesn’t align, all hell breaks loose. That hell is cast upon all those in my vicinity. That is not a good way to operate.
Therefore, as I sit and wait this time, I try to remember the lessons of my past disappointments. I try to learn from my past mistakes and be in the present and focus only on what I can control. I can control my attitude and I can control the work I choose to do in the meantime. I can only do my part. Beyond that I must continue to wait…
And wait, and wait.
Talk Soon,
Kevin W @LEAP272
Owner-Operator
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