Lord, show me your way; lead me on a level path because of my enemies. Do not abandon me to the will of my foes; malicious and lying witnesses have risen against me. But I believe I shall enjoy the Lord's goodness in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord, take courage; be stouthearted, wait for the Lord! (Psalm 27: 11-14)
I am not skilled at waiting. One of my professional strengths is setting a deadline and organizing resources to do the best possible within the deadline. I use each deadline to advance toward other deadlines. In this way there is an unfolding sense of progress.
When others complicate my schedule it is frustrating. I try to either motivate them or move around them. I have very seldom chosen to wait.
Recently this has been changing. There are matters - important matters - that are clearly immune to my time schedule. The impediments are so large, and often so scattered, that I cannot move around them. Sometimes my motivation may cause a modest inching forward. More often I am like a mouse pushing against a car.
My choices are reduced to walking away or waiting. While waiting I can choose to either fret or enjoy the scenery. I have recently seen some marvelous scenery.
Reinhold Niebuhr's great prayer is that we "may to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other." Sometimes if we are willing to wait the possibility of change unfolds.
I am not skilled at waiting. One of my professional strengths is setting a deadline and organizing resources to do the best possible within the deadline. I use each deadline to advance toward other deadlines. In this way there is an unfolding sense of progress.
When others complicate my schedule it is frustrating. I try to either motivate them or move around them. I have very seldom chosen to wait.
Recently this has been changing. There are matters - important matters - that are clearly immune to my time schedule. The impediments are so large, and often so scattered, that I cannot move around them. Sometimes my motivation may cause a modest inching forward. More often I am like a mouse pushing against a car.
My choices are reduced to walking away or waiting. While waiting I can choose to either fret or enjoy the scenery. I have recently seen some marvelous scenery.
Reinhold Niebuhr's great prayer is that we "may to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other." Sometimes if we are willing to wait the possibility of change unfolds.
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