What Are You Waiting For?

Today, my English teacher posed an interesting question to the class:

 "What are you waiting for?". 

Silence filled the room as we sat there contemplating her question. It made me think, just what was I waiting for? Because honestly, I didn't know, not really. I knew I was waiting for exam results, that was one thing. I was waiting to go see The Darkness. I was waiting for the weekend. I was waiting for the summer. Waiting for the end of college. Waiting for university. Then what? What am I waiting for?

I realised I was doing an awful lot of waiting around without really appreciating what was going on right now.

Would you consider today as part of your life? Or is it simply just another day, because you're waiting on something else to happen?

I suppose it's not waiting that I should be doing, but living. Why wait to learn about Greek mythology, why not just start reading about it? Why wait about for the weekend, why not just go out now? Why wait for better weather, why not just go out in the cold? I'm aware there's a lot of constrictions that probably prevent the majority of us. Having the time. Having the money. And that's fair enough. But really, there's so much that we could be doing, rather than just waiting.

So what are you waiting for?