on waiting
One morning as I bustled around the kitchen I listened to the voice messages my cousin and I send to each other every now and then. My previous messages to her were filled with my longing and exhaustion that stemmed from waiting for something good to happen. I listened to my cousin reassure me as I poured my coffee. She shared with me someone had recently told her to treat our longings and desires like little children who just want cake really, really bad. We have to be gentle with them and tell them that the cake still needs to be cut, that they will get a slice, but they need to just be patient and wait a little longer. I smiled at the idea of all of the desires I have, and how I can learn to quiet and reassure them in productive ways. Back in April, one of my favorite artists, The Head and the Heart, posted a short video on Instagram of a small audio snippet of a new song they were working on. I listened to it and felt mounting excitement for the melody, only to realize the audio st...