Waiting

When I was about ten years old I read the book, "Cheaper By the Dozen".  The father of the family was an efficiency expert, and I worked at learning to live more efficiently (and thus, I thought, more effectively).  I still try to combine things in order to "save time".
I have dipped into the Odd Thomas series by Dean Koontz in the past few months, and always find things to think about.  In contrast to the efficiency expert, Odd comes up with this musing:

“Waiting is one of the things that human beings cannot do well, though it is one of the essential things we must do successfully if we are to know happiness.  We are impatient for the future and try to craft if with our own powers, but the future will come as it comes and will not be hurried.  If we are good at waiting, we discover that what we wanted of the future, in our impatience, is no longer what we want, that waiting has brought wisdom.
  Dean Koontz, “Odd Interlude”, page 53 in paperback edition.


I confess -- I don't much like waiting. I take a book (or Kindle) to places where I might have to wait. I organize my life to live, not to wait. But Koontz, through the character of Odd Thomas, has me thinking that waiting is OK. Necessary. Being in too much of a hurry could really screw things up.

What do you think about the value of waiting? Leave a comment and let us know.