Thinking Archetypally about Waiting
The Thinking Archetypally series offers a series of meditations on how we imagine and create daily life:
Waiting has no creation date, but reaches back into the depths of mythological time. Imagination suggests that the dilemmas associated with waiting have always been a part of human experience and continue today. When I say "dilemmas," I refer to the natural tensions associated with waiting. The word refers not to a concrete thing but to a spectrum of experiences related by a central theme, which is not good or bad but simply is. Waiting is just part of reality. When it is a good idea it is patience; when it is ill advised it is at best delay. There is a natural tension as one waits, often, to find out if waiting was a good idea or not.