Life isn't about waiting..

You can get so confused
that you'll start in to race
down long wiggled roads at a break-necking pace
and grind on for miles across weirdish wild space,
headed, I fear, toward a most useless place.
The Waiting Place...

...for people just waiting.
Waiting for a train to go
or a bus to come, or a plane to go
or the mail to come, or the rain to go
or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow
or waiting around for a Yes or a No
or waiting for their hair to grow.
Everyone is just waiting.

Waiting for the fish to bite
or waiting for wind to fly a kite
or waiting around for Friday night
or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake
or a pot to boil, or a Better Break
or a string of pearls, or a pair of pants
or a wig with curls, or Another Chance.
Everyone is just waiting.

NO!
That's not for you!

Somehow you'll escape
all that waiting and staying.
You'll find the bright places
where Boom Bands are playing.


I was thinking the other day, just one of those introspective looks that sort of happens on the way home after a long trip. Where there is so much to debrief about, and when crazy thoughts come to the surface. Dr. Seuss says that sometimes in life, for whatever reason, people fade into the waiting place. I sort of picture it as the place where you only tell stories about fun times you had, or times when you predict what will always happen in the future, while the whole time almost ignoring the present. Almost like those times in life when you look back and felt like a month just slipped away. I almost want to feel very depressed about these times, but I guess they are natural. Not every moment can be super lively, and always full of adventures. 

Especially during a long distance relationship life can feel like you're in the waiting place. Where some thing just sort of blur together because of such a heightened anticipation. With Skype and all, it is really easy to communicate so it can almost feel like you are sitting right next to the person during a 3 hour skype conversation. And that is such a tease experience, but I cherish it so much and am waiting until that feeling can become real. But as we all know, distance is a crazy thing, if can feel so different depending on when you are perceiving it. And when distance seems far that is where the waiting zone can develop. 

But not allowing idle time to take over is something that makes distance not seem so far away. Avoiding the waiting time will make things so much easier. Bri is taking on running as a new hobby which is awesome and just participated in a 4 person group marathon, which is pretty awesome. Taking on things that productively "occupy the waiting place.." is what is going to make the next 7 months not so bad..

Cheers to taking backroads, always trying become a better person, making your bed in the morning and all those other little things that can make someone perfect.