Waiting; AN EXERCISE IN GROWTH
Waiting: a journey in growth Waiting is not a passive hole in the road where life simply stalls; it is a classroom with no fixed syllabus, a workshop where the raw materials of our character are shaped by time, friction, and faith. We live in an age that measures success by speed, yet some of the most important things—trust, mastery, reconciliation, healing—refuse to be rushed. If you have ever felt the itch to move faster, to force an outcome because the silence feels like failure, you are in good company. The question is not whether you will wait; the question is what the waiting will make of you. Consider the young teacher who spends years building trust with a class before a single breakthrough appears; the promotion she longs for is not only about competence but about the quiet credibility earned through consistent presence. Think of the immigrant who waits months, sometimes years, for paperwork and permission, learning humility and resilience in the limina...