Waiting tests our grit and faith, and anything else we have on the line.  We activate every nerve in us to move, to do something–and then we wait.  But if we wait a little longer with patience and endurance, we will know what to do.  During this period, we can stir up the gifts that are in us, encourage ourselves to be strong and calm, to find a calm center in the midst of all the whirling debris around us.  When we can wait with joy, it connects us to the right things, puts us in the right place to receive.  Joy is not of the emotions but of the spirit, and it can bubble up and grow in our weakest moments.

from A Cherokee Book of Days by Joyce Sequichie Hifler