Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for the Lord. (Psalm 31: 24)

I am waiting. The Hebrew is yachal which is also translated as hoping. This is not a leisurely wait. It is active, attentive, and expectant. I am watching for the right time and right place.

I am waiting for the One Who Exists, the One Who is Becoming, that which is arising, that which is appearing, the unfolding of ultimate reality. This is a proper noun that is also very much a verb.

I ask for strength. May my heart, mind, inner being, soul be strong in watching and waiting. When the right moment emerges may I be courageous in my choosing.

Above is Running Elegy III by Robert Motherwell.