{"id":855,"date":"2020-09-17T16:22:02","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T16:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/?p=855"},"modified":"2020-09-17T16:23:24","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T16:23:24","slug":"waiting-for-it-to-start-happening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/?p=855","title":{"rendered":"Waiting for it to Start Happening?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_7243.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-856\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_7243.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_7243-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_7243-350x263.jpeg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><figcaption>Just waiting for Marv to come take me for a walk&#8230;Cherie.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I find myself sometimes waiting for things to start happening. I find myself checking my email way too many times waiting for that response from some prospect or future deal\/gig that I have initiated in the recent past.\u00a0 This is not good. Instead, I should keep my focus on the future and what I want to see in it. The future will not manifest itself unless we act in the present moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_1163.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-857\" width=\"378\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_1163.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_1163-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_1163-350x467.jpeg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/><figcaption>Let the fire burn!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It does not pay to wait for that deal, person, or gig that may or may not come down transom into our life. Life is just like that sometime. Time keeps its own time. Instead of anxiously waiting, all that life-force energy could be focused on manifesting the future. Now is the time to put in an extra phone call and email or do something that will plant seeds of potential future engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These times can be a period to envision the future, perhaps even re-envisioning it to better suit our spiritual quest and divine purpose. For me, sometimes I will pick up a new book to read or some totally different google search to see what rises out of the water. The point is to get away from \u201cthe wait\u201d or the \u201cweight\u201d as it may metaphorically feel during these times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_1214.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_1214.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_1214-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_1214-350x263.jpeg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>Above the Columbia River, BC. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTake a load off Fanny, Take a load for free\u201d is how Robbie Robertson envisioned the \u201cweight\u201d or the \u201cwait\u201d as the principal character in this song is someone just hanging around waiting for the weight to be taken off\u2014and literally go someplace new and exciting where life is happening. He sings, \u201cCatch a Cannonball to take me down the line, my bag is sinking low, and I do believe it\u2019s time\u201d in the final verse of his song. After all the verses of spinning his wheels, \u201cjust looking for a place to hide,\u201d he realizes that it\u2019s best to not be \u201cwaiting for the judgement day.\u201d It is time to take the load off and catch that Cannonball down the road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/9ebebca1d460de18845abe4834af07b7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-859\" width=\"286\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/9ebebca1d460de18845abe4834af07b7.jpg 445w, https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/9ebebca1d460de18845abe4834af07b7-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/9ebebca1d460de18845abe4834af07b7-350x525.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><figcaption>Robbie Robertson performing in The Last Waltz.  Photo origin unknown<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Miss Fanny is there down the road. She can be seen as a manifestation of what the narrator is looking or searching for. And just waiting for her to come to him or just show up in Nazareth is not going to cut it. He needs to catch that Cannonball and pick up his bags creating his future in the present and letting go of the weight\u2014stop waiting and get going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_1030.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-860\" width=\"395\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_1030.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_1030-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_1030-350x467.jpeg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/><figcaption>Keep going&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I find myself sometimes waiting for things to start happening. I find myself checking my email way too many times waiting for that response from some prospect or future deal\/gig that I have initiated in the recent past.\u00a0 This is not good. Instead, I should keep my focus on the future and what I want &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/?p=855\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Waiting for it to Start Happening?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=855"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":863,"href":"https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/855\/revisions\/863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marvmachura.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}