November 13, 2008

~On Waiting~Again~

Ever have one of those days where you're put on hold, so you try to keep moving, working, cleaning, hanging laundry, teach, email, and clip out interesting pictures from magazines all in an effort to make the most of the time that you're just stuck...if you hang up, you just get to start all over again (which I accidentally did initially!)...that's what today's been for me...
Listening to: Man's voice: "Did you know one in eight women are diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime'...interspersed with the same message in Spanish, and then another voice chimes in and keeps reminding me of 'how important my call is, so please don't hang up!'
Originally the 'voice' said the waiting time was between fifteen and twenty minutes...I figure, 'well, I can get a lot accomplished in that time'...so I just hang on! After one hour and ten minutes, I decided that I'd used enough of my free cell phone minutes and I was tired of being lied to! Besides, I'd heard the same message at least fifty times already and I figured they'd just left the office and gone home for the day and were laughing at me for being so trusting!

I am sure there is a lesson here...yes, CALL EARLY IN THE DAY!

I think I'd rather dwell on a moment in time when I'm sitting with someone I love, sharing coffee and Jesus and watching the sun set...the sunset where I used to live...
June 5th 012

2 comments:

Ashley said...

that video definitely reminded me of the truth about the christmas season. its so easy to get sucked into the 'i wants' and 'i needs' all of this self-focused thinking...

i am so so excited knowing that i will be with you guys soon and look forward to hearing all the ways god is changing and moving you. there is a lot of that happening here as well.

also i am realizing that i really do come from america - it makes sense to me there and i can automatically engage with people i meet on some level of common understanding. i'm ready to be back :)

Love you!

L.L. Barkat said...

awesome picture... what blue!

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