"I have always, essentially, been waiting...

...Waiting to become something else.

Waiting to become that person I always thought I was on the verge of becoming.

In my head, I was always one step away...

"Waiting"

Boston, MA

...In high school, I was biding my time until I could become the college version of myself,
the one my mind could see so clearly.
In college,  the post-college "adult" person was always looming in front of me, smarter, stronger, more organized.
Then the married person, then the person I'd become when we have kids...and then grandkids.
And through all that waiting, here I am.  My life is passing, day by day.

John Lennon once said, "Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans."
For me, life is what was happening while I was busy waiting for my big moment.
The Big Moment, unfortunately, is an urban myth for most.
Some have them, in a sense, when they win the Heisman or become the next American Idol.
But even that football player or that singer is living a life made up of more than that one moment.
Life is a collection of a million, billion moments.

But this is what I'm finding, in glimpses and flashes:  this is it.

This is it, in the best possible way.
That thing I'm waiting for, that adventure.

Normal, daily life, ticking by on our streets and sidewalks.

In our homes, beds, dinner tables, dreams, prayers, fights and secrets.

Precious experiences.
It's liberating to stop waiting."

-adapted from Shauna Niequist
Cold Tangerines:  Celebrating the Extraordinary Nature of Everyday Life

Sitting and waiting is one of the most miserable occupations known to mankind. But I kinda think womankind tend to do it more, and are better at it.

Here's where I "link up" today.

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Next Tuesday's Song-ography title suggestion is "End of the Line (It's Alright)" by the Traveling Wilburys.
Come back and link up!