Wait for It.
Chibunna Ogbonna
Faith Driven Entrepreneur | Smart Cities | Infrastructure | Early-stage Startup Mentor
Wait for It.
“For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end-it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay.
(Habakkuk 2:3)
The Brick: We live in a world where efficiency, speed, and haste is the standard for performance, where immediate results are glorified more than the process or systems that make them happen. Every nation, company and peoples seem to be on a treadmill to outdo, outperform, outshine and outrun another. Everyone seems to be in haste to achieve success at a particular timeline or age and when the process takes longer than planned, discouragement, comparison and doubts creep in to replace faith, patience and wisdom. It should not be so. While it is a good thing to accomplish a goal, dream or vision early…pause (What does early really mean?, What does late really mean?) There is something more I should be grateful for - life, health, sight, soundness of mind, imagination, family, community and much more which make life very meaningful.
Albert Einstein said, “the only reason for time is so that everything does not happen at once”. How profound is that? Now, imagine that you achieve everything you desire all at once today, everything! What would be left of your life? What would you hope and look forward to? Make no small plans but make no haste.
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“The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty” (Proverbs 21:5)
I know it can be hard to wait for something you have worked so long for. I know it can be hard to take the hits of rejections and countless ‘NOs’ and it can be hard to celebrate your small wins and intangible blessings; Do not throw your plans, dreams and visions overboard, wait for it. While waiting, keep sowing your seeds, keep building capacity, keep building character. Bask in the obscurity of waiting, when you have no wins to post online. When you have no laurels to your name. Take your time to understand the timeline of your personal vision, it is surely not the same with others. Wait for it, keep working towards it.
Your Commitment today: Breathe, celebrate yourself for how far you’ve come, encourage yourself for the journey ahead. Write to yourself.
Inspired Quote for today:
“The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once”
(Albert Einstein)
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2 年Thanks for sharing Chibuna.
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2 年Thanks for this post Chibunna. I currently use Habakuk 2:3 for meditation. It reminds me that while things may seem slow to happen, there is no delay in their timing.
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2 年"Make no small plans but make no haste." Just what I needed?? Thanks for this??
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2 年Got caught up in this web recently This newsletter was meant for me. Thank you, Chibunna Ogbonna