I am so excited about getting settled into our new home, but the waiting game is such a challenge for me! I am pretty aware of staying calm while waiting. In college, I danced in a production called “The Wait.” It was an incredible journey to create this evening work with the other dancers and really contemplate what waiting meant for me all the way striving to acknowledge how ever present it is in our lives: waiting in line, anticipating a phone call, are the clothes dry yet? The list could go on and on. Years ago waiting drove me crazy and impatience would take it’s toll…I would get more than frustrated and allow unsettling emotions to overflow. Now after many moons of practicing mindfulness I am still reminding myself to savor this wait and the stillness that comes along with it! More easily said than done.
What are you waiting for? I sit now in my new home on a lender chair from the landlord and an air mattress in my bedroom contemplating the value of all the STUFF I am lugging across the country. I don’t like thinking that I need much to be happy, but the comfort that comes from having all of my belongings around me as I transition to being farther away from family than I ever thought I would be is something I am craving at the moment. Knowing that it will all help ease the pup’s adjustment is helpful, too.
Here I sit. Waiting. And breathing….deeply.
