An insightful meditation on being patient with the now and not yet:
“Above all, trust in the slow work of God. We are quite naturally impatient on everything; to reach the end without delay. We would like to skip the intermediate stages. We are impatient of being on the way to something unknown, something new. And yet, it is the law of all progress that it is made by passing through some stages of instability – and that it may take a very long time. And so I think it is with you; your ideas mature gradually – let them grow, let them shape themselves, without undue haste. Don’t try to force them on, as though you could be today what time, (that is to say, grace and circumstances acting on your own good will) will make of you tomorrow. Only God could say what this new spirit gradually forming in you will be. Give the lord the benefit of believing that His hand is leading you, and accept the anxiety of feeling yourself in suspense and incomplete”.
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, S.J.
Oh my gosh, it speaks right to me! How ansy am I to just have things get done and time to move on to what is most exciting! I have been reminded today of where I am now and the people I am reaching now. Entrance will be there still, so be present where I am at this moment. Thanks for sharing that meditation!