On Waiting and Dream Chasing

” In stillness we learn, we think, and we dream of possibility, unafraid of the absurdity we would dare to reach for. “

Chasing your dreams is messy. It doesn’t look like a highlight reel or someone grinding at their desk all the time, it looks a bit like chaos, I am starting to think it feels like it most of the time too. Going after the things you want often involves shaking hands, I don’t knows and a lot tears.

I don’t think we talk enough about that part, the part that tears at your very soul, yet you know you wouldn’t want to be doing anything else but chasing this dream. This dream that gives you life yet kills you at the same time.

Don’t get me wrong there’s good parts too, the good is always woven into the bad. I think that’s what makes your dreams worth chasing , the risk, the work, the messy parts where you have to figure it out, they make life interesting.

But there’s another part to this dream chasing. One we don’t ever talk about, in fact, we tend to pretend it doesn’t exist. The stillness. The waiting.

Waiting is never mentioned when building a dream, not by a world who loves the idea of overnight success. See waiting involves stillness, and in the stillness we learn. Learn about ourselves, our limits, fears, skills, weakness, and strengths because in stillness we slow down long enough to meet ourselves.

In the waiting periods of life we stop long enough to see what we want and how bad we want it. Pondering who we are and if we want to continue to be that way. We start to dream, taking our time to stretch our understanding of what’s possible and in doing so come to terms with what we are willing to risk.

Waiting periods are hard, sometimes they take weeks, months, years, but we must all go through them. They shape our character, slow us down, and allow us the absurdity to dare to reach.

So when the waiting comes choose to use it, to learn about yourself and to dream of possibility because maybe, just maybe the waiting period isn’t as bad as we think it is. Instead waiting is a necessity that comes with living, balancing out the chaos aand giving you a place to rest.