Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
— Molière
It's certainly true that, for many things—justice issues come to mind—waiting may not be considered a virtue, but there are many things that come in their own time, outside of our ability to rush them along: ripe fruit for one, Christmas morning for another!
Advent is a season of the Christian calendar in which taking time is a virtue: slowing down, living in the now, and preparing ourselves for the day when what we are waiting for arrives. Of course, Advent also coincides with the most frenetic, money-guzzling, family-dynamics aggravating, events-multiplying time of the year, so attending to the ways we can live into waiting as an opportunity for calm may be just what the doctor ordered.
What are you missing in the swirl of the season? Might putting a premium on waiting help you slow down? How can this season be less "AGH" and more AWE?
