Waiting...waiting...waiting....

When all is said and done...when you've agonized and deliberated and weighed the pros and cons ad nauseum, until even you yourself can't bear going over the details again...when you've finally reached the conclusions that make sense to you (in light of all that you've considered thus far)...then...then....

That is when the waiting game begins.

That is when you must be patient to see the fruits of your labor. To determine whether your conclusions can coexist with the "real world." To hear how others receive your conclusions. To find out whether all of the parameters that you accepted as givens while you were agonizing and deliberating and weighing are indeed to be the parameters of your experience.

The "game" of the "waiting game" is the challenge of knowing that this too shall pass (and figuring out what to do with your time in the interim). Your dependence on others to realize the outcomes of what you've decided is fleeting (even when it's long). In the scheme of things, you can be glad that you've arrived at the stage you have reached - and that, at least for the time being (however brief), matters are out of your hands. The outcomes will come...come what may.