I Can't Wait

How often do you use this phrase? If you are like me you use it frequently during the day and constantly in your mind.
I can't wait to graduate college. I can't wait to figure out what my vocation is. I can't wait until this person moves away so I don't have to deal with them. I can't wait until I get to try out the Catholic Corps. I can't wait till the retreat in two weeks. I can't wait till this shift is over.
I don't really dislike the way my life is right now. It is stressful and busy, but I'm fairly happy. Somehow though I'm convinced that life will be better later on. That after college I'll find where I'm supposed to be and everything will be great.
I think we're made to be looking ahead, to be looking and waiting for what comes next. But I don't think that it is the next job, or the next stage of life we are really anxious for. As St. Augustine said, " Our hearts are restless, Lord, until they rest with Thee."
We are really yearning for the next life, in heaven. It isn't until then that we will be able to drop the "I can't wait" feeling. Keeping that in mind for me, means I'll be a little more patient for the things that lie in my future.

Pax Christi!