Waiting for the Bus

[Restlessness - V]

Sometimes restlessness is a consequence of fixation—an obsessive interest in one thing. By inference, it also means not having an interest in other things.

Restless waiting happens at a bus stop . . . when there’s nothing else to do but fixate on the arrival of the bus. No one reading a good book gets restless waiting for a bus.

Restless waiting happens before a holiday . . . when there’s nothing else to do but prepare for the big event. No student with three term papers and two final exams gets restless waiting for Christmas.

Restlessness is not the result of too much waiting; rather, it’s caused by waiting for too few things that matter.

Find a good book, and in anticipating the next page, you might forget you’re even waiting for the bus.