It's a bit too late to be making a New Year's Resolution as we're already three months into the year. Yet, it's never too late to decide to make a change. That's the thing about life: it never stops moving. A very real aspect of it is that you're constantly learning. Every day presents a new opportunity, a new challenge, a new lesson that you can apply to your life.

It seems as though 2017 knows just what lesson I need to work on. Each month has presented numerous opportunities to make me wait. And wait. And wait some more. Each time the answer has never come easy nor quickly.

They say patience is virtue, but this virtue just seems to be one that continues to elude me. I have definitively decided that 2017 will become the year of waiting.

They also say that practice makes perfect but I am far from it. I find that each time it presents itself, rather than accepting that I will need to wait for an answer, I sort of internally groan and think "Why me," "Really, again," "When am I gonna catch a break?"

Now, this is not to say that this year hasn't been good. It's already been hugely memorable. But life isn't perfect. I think that God is not-so-secretly preparing big things for me this year. Already, He has laid out blueprints for what is to come. Almost like a hazy fog, plans are starting to come together. Conclusions are expertly hidden with only the beginning peeking out through the clouds.

In the quest for answers, I have learned that waiting is key. Waiting patiently with an open heart and a trusting mindset is even more vital. When your mindset is so focused on this one outcome, more often than not, it's going to be something else. And in that process, you're only tiring yourself out. It causes unnecessary and unwarranted anxiety. However, as humans, we are selfish. We want what we think is best and we want it as quickly as we can get it. And more often than not, we learn our lessons the hard way. And sometimes it takes a few repeated lessons in order for it to stick.

So, 2017, bring it.