A Waiting Game

Guess it's raining up where you are.

I know this because Mr. Al Catelli, Advancement Director, and I are waiting out flight delays amid our return to Boston. At the moment, we're passing time in the Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. While it's not tough duty to spend time in south Florida, the waiting's got me thinking about, well, waiting.

What does waiting invite us into? Folks waiting alongside us are spending time with families, reading, plugging into technology (such as your humble blogger), or perhaps sleeping. One inevitable reality -- and benefit, I would say -- of waiting is the opportunity to slow down and spend time in our own minds and hearts. Forced alone time, even amidst lots of other people, can give way to unexpected thoughts, new ideas, and maybe some realization of God in my life. Soon, it'll be back to the familiar busy-ness and distractions of everyday life. For now, it'll be whatever might come from the free, forced gift of unexpected time.