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I arrived at the train station in Philadelphia both excited and a bit exhausted after 2 presentations for Land America, a title company. I was headed to New York for the RIS Media conference. I had several pieces of luggage and required help onto the train from a porter. I sat on a nearby bench as I waited for his signal to walk toward the train. I looked around and took a quick scan around the big hall. It was difficult not to observe a middle aged couple not too far away engaged in a long, passionate embrace. They caught my eye and held my attention, a bit longer than appropriate. To my embarrassment, the Porter noticed me attached for so long to the moment and said “Stop looking, they should simply get a room.” Still I really could not stop looking. It was something about their embrace. It was something about their attire that made me imagine them as a couple from one of those movies with Mickey Rooney made years ago in black and white, like they were captured in time. Perhaps it was something about their age, their pose, and his disheveled hair. I was entranced.
The Porter told me that it was time to go. He took my travel luggage onto a cart and said “follow me”. I did. He started to walk toward the couple and made a stop to aid the man. I noticed he was holding a stick. He was blind. The Porter took the man’s hand and fixed it securely to his arm leading the way.
As we stepped into an elevator, the Porter informed me that the man had just gotten engaged that day. The gentleman spoke up and said “That explains all the kissing.” I broke into a smile.
I said, “Congratulations! When’s the wedding?”
“January 19th,” he answered.
Calculating a quick 4 ½ month engagement period, I said “Boy, you don’t waste any time.”
He explained “Well, we’re both widows; we really do not have any reason to wait.”
And in that moment I realized that there's almost never a reason to wait. It is just something that we are used to doing. We are used at waiting for something to happen, for the time to be perfect, or the tide to swing our way. We only sit and wait and keep living our lives the same way as always, hoping that one day something great will happen.
Waiting. Waiting.
What a costly use of time. Are you still waiting? What are you waiting for?
Kim Ades, MBA, President of Frame of Mind Coaching and JournalEngine™ Software, is one of North America’s foremost experts on performance through thought management. By using her unique process of coaching through journaling, she works with clients to unveil and switch their thought patterns to ignite significant change and life transformation. Visit www.frameofmindcoaching.com to sign up for your own free, secure, online journal.