This is not a waiting culture. From every corner, prognosticators, practioners, preachers and gurus scream against it. Waiting is the antithesis of Now. Now is what we were raised sharpening our teeth on. Now is the feast we remember from childhood. Waiting is for the weak, they say. The early bird gets the fatter worm and the runt never gets the teat.

But I have given up the early worm. Given up the feast of Now. Here in the Present Now is all about waiting.

I am learning to wait.