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Mastering the Art of Waiting:
Why Patience is a Power These Days

Lately, everyone loves speed. Faster internet, faster deliveries, faster results. Naturally, this mindset spills into the respective lives, too. You want answers quickly, progress quickly, and sometimes even relationships quickly. But life rarely works on express delivery.

Waiting quietly slips into many parts of our journey. Waiting for the right opportunity. Waiting for clarity when everything feels confusing. Waiting for a feeling that tells you, yes, this is the path. Strange as it sounds, waiting is not always wasted time.

Often, if not always, patiently waiting and working bring you sweet outcomes.

Waiting for Success

Success stories often sound neat and quick when told later. The beginning and the result get all the attention. The messy middle is often skipped. Waiting for your work to be noticed. Waiting for the right opportunity. Waiting for something you built quietly to find its audience, finally.

During this time, impatience can easily creep in. You start wondering if effort is enough, or if you are simply standing still. Yet, many meaningful things grow slowly. A tree does not rush its way to height. A craft improves through repeated, unnoticed effort. Waiting here is not passive. It is preparation.

Waiting for Clarity

Clarity is one of those things people love to demand from themselves.

I should know what I want to do next.
I should have a clear plan.

But clarity is stubborn. It rarely appears when forced. Sometimes it shows up only after confusion has done its job. After you have tried something that did not work. After you have taken a few wrong turns and realised what direction does not feel right.

Waiting here does not mean doing nothing. It simply means allowing your mind the space to process. Think of it like letting muddy water settle. When you stop stirring it constantly, the water slowly becomes clear on its own.

Waiting for Love

Some people meet the right person early. Some take longer. And then there are those who almost meet the right person a few times before finally getting there.

Love rarely follows a fixed timeline.

The waiting phase can feel uncomfortable. Questions start appearing from every corner—family gatherings, friendly conversations, sometimes even your own thoughts. Why not yet? Is something wrong?

But waiting often shapes you in ways you do not notice at the time. It teaches patience, but more importantly, it teaches self-understanding. You start to know what you truly want, and what you do not. And when something meaningful finally arrives, you recognise it better.

When Waiting Becomes a Teacher

The interesting thing about waiting is that it slowly changes how you see things. It teaches humility. It teaches trust. And occasionally, it even teaches humour. At some point, you realise life enjoys surprising you more than you enjoy planning it. Not everything in life needs to be pushed, fixed, or hurried. Some things simply need time.

A Thought for Your Waiting Phase

Think about something in your life that now feels like a waiting phase. It could be a decision, a relationship, a goal, or even a feeling you’re trying to understand. What if this waiting period is not a delay, but preparation?

I would genuinely love to hear your thoughts.
What has waiting taught you in your own journey?

Do like the blog post if you enjoyed reading it. Further, let me know your opinion or experience in the comments section. Your perspective can help someone else who is quietly waiting, too.

My lucky number is 7, but really?

He worked by day and toiled at night.
He gave up play and much delight.
Dry books he read, new things to learn.
And forged head, success to earn.
He plodded on, with faith and pluck.
And when he won, they called it luck.

^ A piece of poetry from the popular book ‘You Can Win’ by Shiv Khera.

Do you believe in luck? Most of us do, in some way or the other. But how much of this belief is true? When is it considered good or bad? When does it become excess? What do you opine about the inevitable spread of similar superstitions in our society?

Well, I know these are all pretty debatable questions and their answers vary from person to person. To reach a generalisation about the topic is tough. Let’s analyse the pros and cons of superstitions today.

If you ask me about my say in the context, I’d put it as – Superstitions are good only till they provide us strength without imposing it on others, so much that the aimed person starts feeling tortured. As far as I can recall my conscious believing in some of them, I get only 2-3 in the list. Topmost is whenever I appreciate something or someone so much that I feel scared of evil eyes, I immediately utter “touchwood” after the praise. Talking about whether it works or not, I’d say – I don’t know but every time I utter this, I just mean to say that I don’t want this goodness to end because of any damn reason. So, in a way, it’s not much of a superstition but a message conveyed in very short.

Another one makes me tend to be humble as much as possible in my words and tone. It says ‘Din mein ek baar hamari zuban par Saraswati aati hain’ (Once in a day Goddess Saraswati visits us on our tongue) which means whatever we say at that moment, it comes true. Again, more than being a blind belief, it is my reminder to self in order to be polite in my spoken stuff. Plus I never imposed it on anyone. So, it’s hardly a harm in any sense.

As far as the number ‘7’ being lucky for me is concerned, I never take it too strictly or madly in everything I do. But sometimes when I have to choose a no. out of many and I get confused, then I select ‘7’. So, it only helps and no negativity attached.

Maybe I have a couple more of such beliefs which someone may consider as a superstition. But the point is that no one can claim that I tortured them with my blind belief. What I want to say is – a human belief is good only till it doesn’t become tortuous or harassing for others. So what if a black cat crosses our way! A black cat is as innocent as a cat carrying any other colour. Why cause delay and inconvenience for yourself if it crosses your path? Why do you have to stop if you sneeze while leaving for somewhere? What is your reason for any blind belief you have always been imposing on yourself or maybe others too, for that matter? Genuineness of a belief usually depends on the reason or logic behind them. Are you sure you have not put yourself into a cage of ‘n’ no. of superstitions and yourself suffering subconsciously? Are you really religious, spiritual or just superstitious?

Why not analyse it all today and get rid of the unnecessary beliefs that are causing you only suffering and no pleasure! Let’s make our surroundings more welcoming to positivity and good health while eradicating everything unnecessary. Let’s make our share of effort to make this world a better place to live in.

May peace prevail.