You and the universe, the psychology of waiting, a tender illustrated fable about the stubborn courage of making the impossible possible
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You and the universe, the psychology of waiting, a tender illustrated fable about the stubborn courage of making the impossible possible
Most of us alive today think waiting represents a flaw in some system, rather than a natural condition of life. But human beings have always had to wait—for good weather to plant crops, for plagues to end, for their loved ones to return from years at sea, never knowing if they were alive or not. The only difference now is what we wait on, not that
... See moreM. J. Ryan • The Power of Patience: How This Old-Fashioned Virtue Can Improve Your Life
Nietzsche once defined “not being able to wait” as one of our most typically human qualities. In culture as in history, all tragedies and comedies are simply the result of someone not being able to wait. If Medea had simply taken the day off? If Hamlet had put things off for even longer? If Arjuna has called the whole thing off? But not being able
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that much of life requires waiting and we have a choice to do it happily or miserably.
M. J. Ryan • The Power of Patience: How This Old-Fashioned Virtue Can Improve Your Life
“Lay it all down
In a calm safe space
And if the dream doesn’t come
You just wait”
-To The Great Unknown (The Seeker)