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I had a blog written about Yearning, and in the meanwhile (site was down), I thought about the difference between Yearning and Waiting…and was there even a difference?

Yearning is a longing.

Waiting is…well, I had to look it up.

"The action of staying where one is or delaying action until a particular time or until something else happens."

I was shocked.  I thought waiting was waiting for someone or something to come.  I didn't know it was an action of staying where one was.

Here is what I have thought about between the two; that yearning is an inner voice that is beckoning you to live your truth, your passion….to be you.  

And, waiting is to want someone else to "make you".

Make you happy.

Make you comfortable.

Make you loveable.

Make you rich….etc.

That you are sitting like a lump of clay waiting for 'someone' to create you into this wildly incredible exciting somebody.

In Sue Monk Kidd's book "The Invention of Wings" her characters are talking about the yearning they felt God planted in them….and then how tragic 'He' doesn't make them bloom.  And one character says, "It isn't God's fault that your yearnings go unanswered, but Man."

I love the idea that God has planted in us our purpose and it is up to us to see it grow and expand.

I would also challenge you to decide if you are waiting (staying put) or longing for you to begin being you.

Yearning – "Dance of the Soul"