Waiting... It is something constant in life.

I was taught that changes are constant in life. Values may stay the same, but the methods do change.

Humans still go to war. They used swords and spear in the past, now they use guns and atomics.
Humans still fall in love. They exchanged locks of hair in the past, now they exchange wedding rings.

However, I also discover another thing that is constant. That is waiting. You are always waiting for something.

In the morning, you wait for the water to boil to brew coffee. You wait for the bus to come.
In the afternoon, you wait for instructions from your boss. You wait for your friends for lunch.
In the evening, you wait for work to end. You wait for your favourite TV programme.

Of cuz these are just short term waiting. You may not even notice. How about long term ones? You waited months for your promotion. You waited years to marry to someone you love. You waited for you baby to be born. You wait for your dreams and purpose to come to pass.

A question everyone asked too many a times in their whole life, "Why must I wait?" I don't really know the answer myself.

Someone said, "To develope patience." Then I will ask "Why do we need to have patience then? If we can just get what we want when we want."
Most of the time, the most impatient people we come across are children. The younger they are, the more they cry. They just can't wait, they don't understand, that daddy and mummy are also humans. Daddy and mummy could be doing their best but they are not perfect.

So patience = maturity?
Let's say if a 3yr old throw tantrum and insist on his way, maybe you will think he is cute.
What if a 13yr old throw tantrum? Perhaps still acceptable.
How about a 23yr old, 33 yr old, 43yr old grown up throwing tantrum? Disgusting...

However, it still doesn't really explain why we have to wait...

Perhaps, the most reasonable answer to why we have to wait, is so that we treasure what we are waiting for. When things don't come by easily, people will learn to save up or treat it as something precious.

In a rich country like Singapore, we find it inexcusable to even wait 20mins for our food to be served. But go to a crisis hit region, maybe like Banda Aceh when it was hit by the tsunami. Food, water, electricity supply was cut off, transport route damaged, you shall see people waiting day and night for relief to come. Do you think they will ever complain about the quality of the relief or dump whatever food that is "not nice"?

"There is a time for everything under the sun."~Ecc3:1. Indeed, I have learn that delay is never a denial. Just because you don't get it now doesn't means you are not going to get it. Are you ready for it? Will you treasure it? Is it worth it? Is it time yet? Perhaps, asking these question could help to answer why you have to wait.

Nonetheless, like it or not, "waiting" is inevitable. That's life.