Friday, April 6, 1866

We made preparations to start on our journey today at one o’clock but some accident happened to the train so that it did not come in. We waited all the evening ready to start at any time. About 7 o’clock a whistle sounded and a coachman employed to take us to the train arrived at the door hallooed at the door and we took hasty leave of our friends and hurried away to find just before getting to the depot it was only a freight train.

Mary Jane Edwards, Jackson Mississipi

Waiting is something we complain about today.  We expect service to be fast and accurate, transportation to be on time, and our plans to generally go off without a hitch.

But sadly, we’ve lost valuable elements of life from those high expectations: time to ponder and time to visit with friends.

What would you benefit from time to just think without interruption – to let your mind break loose from its task-oriented restraints and just wander, roaming freely? How could you make more time to just visit with friends?