What was the last thing you found yourself waiting for?
Posted on Jun 24th, 2008
by 
Hollyr
Hollyr
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for June 24, 2008:
I have been waiting for about a week now to upload this drawing. I'll try again....Once I heard a sermon on the parable of the wise and foolish virgins. The preist explained that the verbs "waiting" and "watching" have BECOME passive verbs (You wait for the bus, you watch a tennis match) but they were originally ACTIVE verbs (waiting on table, watching through the night.) Having been a waitress for many years i could relate to that. to be a good server, you wait for the appropiate moment to take the order and to clear and to serve. Like a sentenial, you must be alert. In that sense waiting is more about presence than patience.
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