Change is
quite often a hurry up and wait. But after the waiting change is unleashed like
a breaking dam. I spent weeks waiting on some paperwork to go through, and the
people I waited on had fallen behind (as is ever the case with bureaucracy), so
the waiting continued.
Then,
without warning, it went through. From there I made my next moves, and with
lightning quickness my next moves were completed. I’m still in awe at how rapid
all of that change happened.
Looking
back at events in my life, however, I can see the pattern. It seems that
preparation for change, both the mental and physical, takes time, but the
actual changes happen quickly. My analogy of the dam is a good example. Water
takes time to build up the force necessary to break through the dam.
Of course
then the trick is riding at the head of the wave instead of being crushed by
it.
So far I’m
managing to hang ten, but I wonder if I’ve also bitten off more than I can
chew.