Friday, October 21, 2005
Attitudes Towards Waiting
I believe that to a certain extent, this quote is true. Many people absolutely despise waiting. All it takes is a trip to a large, bustling city to notice such an anti-waiting feeling by those that surround you. Cab drivers belting out their horns at every little inconvenience that stands in there way from being 100% efficient in their driving, a man or woman in their power suit, plowing down a sidewalk at about 2 blocks per minute going from meeting to meeting. The atmosphere is terribly hectic, but as long as no time is being wasted, people are content. Personally, in many situations, I absolutely despise waiting as well. I’m the kind of person who needs to be busy, always moving around and being productive, keeping the blood flowing. I get headaches from being too lazy and often wonder, if I am just lying around, what could be getting done that isn’t. I’ll admit it’s a bit of a workaholic mentality, but I can also find very appropriate times to just kick back and relax. Also, as was touched on in the quote, waiting can bring about a feeling of anxiousness, which, in most cases is a negative thing. We have spare time on our hands so in an insecure mental state, we’ll overanalyze the situation we’re in and come to unreasonable conclusions, thus, scaring us in an unnecessary way.
But on the other hand, waiting is good. Waiting can give us time to really focus in on something that could potentially happen and view it from all angles to see what could come of it. A lot of good waiting happens within a healthy, God-fearing relationship. While going through the dating stage, waiting until marriage for sexual intercourse is of top priority to make the relationship just that much more special once married. I cannot even imagine the repercussions of not taking advantage of this good form of waiting. So waiting does have its pros and cons and is not always a negative attitude.