Waiting forever for your crush to notice you isn’t patience. At some point patience needs a little courage.
STILLNESS
WHAT THIS MEANS
Hoping is comfortable because nothing can go wrong while nothing happens. Calling it patience makes it feel like a plan, but a plan has a move in it somewhere and this one does not. At some stage the only way forward is to say something and find out.
You do not have to make a speech. One real conversation, or one clear invitation to do something specific, is enough to turn a guess into an answer. Choose the moment where you would be talking anyway. A no is disappointing for a week; not knowing can take a year.
A QUESTION TO SIT WITH
Where does your waiting need a small act of courage?
MORE IN PATIENCE & TIMING
- “We’ll be in touch” can mean a week. Don’t rewrite your whole life story in the first forty-eight hours.
- The first day your hair fits in a ponytail feels like a trophy. Little milestones keep long goals alive.
- Strawberries picked green don’t ripen much off the plant. Some things need their full time where they are.
Free, with nothing to buy inside it.