The True Book of Mostly Unrelated Stories: You Still Waiting?

by John Mooy

 Have you ever wondered how much of your life you spend waiting for something?  There are those times that all of us wait for with great anticipation throughout our lives.

   You will recall during your days of childhood waiting for everything from Christmas until your birthday until those more critical times such as your sixteenth birthday which meant you could get a driver’s license to sitting in study hall at the high school counting the hours until a big Friday night Wildcat sporting event.  In many instances the days and hours seemed to go so slowly.  

   Living in South Haven during the days of summertime invasion by the tourists one can walk up and down main street and observe typically the men sitting on benches while their wives are in the stores shopping.  They are just sitting there waiting as they move from bench to bench while their wives move from store to store.

   I’d like to substitute a different way of viewing some of this waiting with a different approach; that being with a sense of anticipation.  That mere thought and outlook introduces the idea that something we’re waiting for may be exciting.  For all of those fellows on the benches who knows, the anticipation might mean the next bench might be located in front of a coffee shop or candy store.  Maybe a freshly brewed cup of coffee or a bag of peanut clusters could be purchased while ……………………. waiting.

   Wait up, wait for me, what are you waiting for?  Wait a minute.  

   All of this waiting is just a part of our lives.  We have come to accept it and just deal with it.

   As the wonderful singer and songwriter Carly Simon beautifully sung in her song “Anticipation:”

We can never know 
About the days to come
But we think about
Them anyway….. yea
And I wonder if I’m really
With you now
or just chasin’ after
Finer days.
Anticipation

   And just as I thought, Mark Twain would have some interesting comments when it comes to waiting.  Among them, “all good things arrive unto them that wait – and don’t die in the meantime.” And, “Don’t wait the time is never just right.”

   And just to let you know how intelligent you are fill in the blank.  

  If you don’t like the weather here in Marcellus, _____________. Five minutes and it will change.

Have a great week, Marcellus.
You’re the best.
Wait ‘til you see next week’s column.

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