{"id":30824,"date":"2020-05-11T08:45:28","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T08:45:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marnix.nl\/homepage\/welkom\/?p=30824"},"modified":"2020-05-13T09:55:28","modified_gmt":"2020-05-13T09:55:28","slug":"the-power-of-waiting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marnix.nl\/homepage\/welkom\/2020\/05\/11\/the-power-of-waiting\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Waiting."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wait.<br \/>\nAnd then wait some more.<br \/>\nA little more.<br \/>\nAnd just a tiny bit more.<br \/>\nYes, like that.<br \/>\nWait until you can\u2019t wait any longer.<br \/>\nAnd then wait some more.<br \/>\nDon\u2019t give in, not yet.<br \/>\nWait, wait, wait.<br \/>\nGet quiet.<br \/>\nListen to the sound of your impatient stories.<br \/>\nFeel the thunder building up.<br \/>\nThere will be inclinations and impulses, urges and compulsions.<br \/>\nThere will be plans and tips and ideas and suggestions.<br \/>\nStuff to do, things to win, miles to travel, mountains to climb.<br \/>\nIt will be uncomfortable and painful and boring and unbearable.<br \/>\nBut no matter what: just wait some more.<br \/>\nOne more second.<br \/>\nFive minutes.<br \/>\nHalf an hour.<br \/>\nMaybe just today.<br \/>\nWait.<br \/>\nLet it grow and growl and explode inside of you, just watch it all come and go.<br \/>\nAcknowledge the itch, welcome it, cherish it or hate it; just don\u2019t scratch.<br \/>\nYou WILL feel the need for action, to do your well-programmed doing, and desperately search for some solace, something.<br \/>\nRelief.<br \/>\nBut what if you don\u2019t?<br \/>\nWhat\u2019s behind that?<br \/>\nWhat if you wait and keep still and wait some more?<br \/>\nSuns will rise, stars will fall, birds will fly, rivers will run.<br \/>\nViruses will virus.<br \/>\nThe world doesn\u2019t really need you.<br \/>\nBut you can add to it.<br \/>\nJust wait.<br \/>\nAnd you\u2019ll see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wait. And then wait some more. A little more. And just a tiny bit more. Yes, like that. Wait until you can\u2019t wait any longer. And then wait some more. Don\u2019t give in, not yet. Wait, wait, wait. Get quiet. Listen to the sound of your impatient stories. Feel the thunder building up. There will [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30825,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[97,117,114,100,116,103],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marnix.nl\/homepage\/welkom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30824"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marnix.nl\/homepage\/welkom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marnix.nl\/homepage\/welkom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marnix.nl\/homepage\/welkom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marnix.nl\/homepage\/welkom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30824"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/marnix.nl\/homepage\/welkom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30824\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30827,"href":"https:\/\/marnix.nl\/homepage\/welkom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30824\/revisions\/30827"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marnix.nl\/homepage\/welkom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marnix.nl\/homepage\/welkom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marnix.nl\/homepage\/welkom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marnix.nl\/homepage\/welkom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}