Waiting…waiting…
Standing in line at the DMV, waiting to renew your license. Standing in line at the box office, waiting for tickets. Standing in line to order lunch at a sandwich shoppe or for a cup of coffee.
Waiting…waiting…
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Oh, we, the impatient. We want it now. We want it now and the way we want it. I don’t want it a minute ago or a minute from now. I want it now.
Waiting…waiting…
All good things come to those who wait. Isn’t that cliché out of step now? All good things do not come to those who wait; it comes to those readily willing to bitch and moan and complain until a more qualified cog comes to address their immense grievances.
Waiting…waiting…
We’re waiting for God—OT? What good comes from complaining? Much profit can be attained since one can extract advantages by endlessly airing grievances. Yet such boons are fleeting, obsolescent things. Good does not come from endless complaints. The good is not, as Thrasymachus implied, that which is good solely for the self. It is more expansive, yet more focused than just profit. It does not appear initially to be desirable or necessarily advantageous. It comes to light as challenge, absence, and perhaps even failure. It does not float unconnected from ephemeral matters, some transcendent shape looming above and beyond the actions of men.
Men shape the good and earn it through their works. It is not given from above nor stolen forevermore by subterranean darkness. It is in our hearts, our minds, and our hands. It is fragile and sensitive. It is enduring and stoic. It takes on the qualities of those who labour for its sake. The good is not achieved by waiting alone. Yet it cannot be earned by those unwilling to wait.
