further advent thoughts

Advent – a waiting time -- is on my mind, the end of term is too. This zone before the next phase is frantic for me, conscious that in a matter of two or three weeks everything will suddenly feel very different from how it is now I'm waiting for the change. Being in this frantic waiting place causes some of my deepest emotions to surface; ones of hope and eagerness and also of pain and fear. Consumerism suggests to me that everything is mine by right and that I can have it now. There is another call on me though which tells me to find a way to patience and stillness so that the deeper and fuller things of life can fully unfold. So although I find the waiting hard … it is a good wayl