The Waiting Place

Dr Seuss such a clever man. So many hidden messages in his book.
One of my favourites; 'Oh The Places You'll Go' has a very good bit about the waiting place...
He is right, we are all just waiting. All the time, waiting. For various types of things, even when we finally get to do what we might have been waiting for, we may still be thinking "Hmm, whats next? Ah yes, I'm waiting until this finishes and I go home and do this."
I'm waiting right now. Waiting for Summer, for my GCSE's to be over, waiting for my play to be on in the theatre, just waiting.
'People just waiting. Waiting for a train to go, or a bus to come, or a plane to go, or the mail to come, or the phone to ring or the snow to snow, or waiting for a yes or no, or waiting for their hair to grow. Everyone is just waiting..'
It's difficult not to be waiting. I guess it depends on how long away you're waiting for. Have you ever though "I just have to get over all this then my real life will start." The thing is, we have to start living in the now. Tricky, I'm not at all good at living in the now. I'm always waiting for what's coming next.
So living in the now. How do you go about doing that? Well I'm not entirely sure. All I know is that is goes something like. Live each moment with joy and passion. Never think "this sucks" (although I do this all the time) just accept what it is and get on with it. This is your life. Now! So live it. And stop wishing for bits of it to pass you by. Every minute should be lived with purpose. our lives aren't that long. We'll never get everything done. But we can try. We can get some things done. We never really live to be old. We will always be young in comparison with the earth and creation. We're given a relatively short time. So it would be such a shame to waste it by doing things that you don't like and enjoy. So you'll have to learn to see the bright side in every situation. No more waiting for it to be over.

'No! That's not for you! Somehow you'll escape all that waiting and staying.'