Worth it to you

Walking the line between waiting and working / Issue 1,412

Oh, hi friends! 

All good things are worth waiting for.

If you believe this to be true, you'll have a lot of patience.

But along the way, it's easy to start nudging. To wonder why there's such a long wait. Why aren’t they getting back to me? Why is this stalling? Why am *I* stalling? We peek around the corner and try to flip to the last page. We ask, “Whatsnextwhatsnext.”

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All good things are worth working for.

If you believe this to be true, you'll find the energy to put in extra time. Look how efficient you are!

But along the way, it's easy to start calculating. To wonder how much more energy you'll have to expend. Another cheery email? Another draft? To what end? We begin to question where the good things are hiding.

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Why are the answers always so obvious?

Maybe the solution lies in the combination.

All good things are worth waiting — and working — for.

If we braid together both waiting and working, patience and power, if we consider them to be twin efforts and not enemies, perhaps there lies the root of all good things.

And from all good things, more good things grow.