I am still holding onto the one very important lesson that living in Denmark taught me—to trust the process.
People enter our lives for many reasons, reasons not revealed to us until after the storm or sunshine has passed. And if things are not going as we would have perceived them, I try to keep in mind a saying I picked up regarding the mountains of North Carolina when I lived there—if you do not like
…the weather: wait ten minutes.
This has been the longest ten minutes.
I am waiting for the clouds of confusion to clear, anticipating rays of warm clarity, yet even after almost two weeks nothing has changed—at least to my knowledge, yet one never knows what the space between the heavens and the earth has in store as the magic works behind the scenes. I was prepared for almost anything my last day at work in Denmark—following my personal mantra of “anticipate everything and expect nothing”—yet I was taken aback by a certain response. And I know, per my observations and acceptance, all I usually need to do is wait ten minutes.
Has it been ten minutes?
What I do appreciate is the warmth of those from whom I least suspected, and how beautiful a thing like that can be. Out until 4am with a couple of old colleagues having wonderful conversation to close my last day, a visit from another at my home the day before I left, and dinner with my fabulous coffee buddy, Peder, the evening before I departed for Switzerland.
On the flip—what if we rush those ten minutes?
Of course it is in human nature to want to know the outcome, right here, right now. Yet the most beautiful things come to life when given the time to do so. Knowing that, waiting ten minutes is worth doing so.
question— do you have the time?
quien yo soy
- ignorant bliss
- globe trotting american expat living (permanently! as long as the globe will have me!) overseas, still learning about who i am and what i can give to this world. "anticipate anything and expect everything"............ and trust.the.process.
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2 comments:
I go back and forth about having the time, I think has a women I always feel biologically there is a countdown- to make a decision- to go one path or another- this is a fact of life. I try to live in the moment but I often find myself planning for moments ahead, there is something said for being prepared as much as there is something to be said for always living in the minute.. theres a middle, I hope?
totally understand, i have been confronting the biological clock over the past few months and have learned that i need to let go of the notion that i can plan/control/decide everything that may even slightly brush upon me. still trying.... still practising...
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