Maybe you’re not where you want to be at 20 or 30 or 40 because God is teaching you that you can’t keep living your life according to what society expects, what your parents expect, or even what you expect. Maybe the lesson is to let go of all the expectations, let go of all the timelines, and let go of the notion that at a certain age, you have to be more accomplished than others or have it all together.
Maybe you’re still single because God is trying to teach you another kind of love—the kind of love you give to your friends, your family, your work, and yourself. Maybe he wants you to learn how to live without the constant reassurance and validation you seek from a partner. Maybe God knows that your journey is full of traveling, self-exploration, and movement, and that being tied to a partner wouldn’t be the right fit for you. Maybe he’s teaching you how to walk before you run.
Maybe he’s teaching you the same lessons over and over again because he wants you to learn the art of trying, the art of not giving up, the art of living with disappointments and setbacks—because they will always accompany you.
Maybe God is trying to teach you not to take life too seriously. Maybe the lesson is to enjoy life as it is instead of imposing deadlines, timelines, and expiration dates. Maybe life is just ageless and timeless, and we simply have to accept that.
Maybe waiting is just another word for letting go—as if God is giving you a sign to release control without worrying about what will happen, because he’s going to reward you with something better.
Maybe he doesn’t want you to be so obsessed with timing or how others see you. Maybe he wants you to break free from illusions and fantasies and learn how to live peacefully in reality.
Or maybe he’s making you wait because the longer you wait, the more you’ll appreciate what you’re going to receive. The longer you wait, the longer you’ll keep what he’s going to give you. Maybe he just doesn’t want you to be an ungrateful person. He wants you to value the gifts he’s going to send you, and he wants to send them when he knows you’re ready to take good care of them.
Maybe God wants you to realize that all these timelines were man-made—created by people with fixed thoughts and ideas, by people with different circumstances, by people who never even saw you, and by people who led different lives. Maybe God just wants you to understand that all these deadlines don’t truly represent you because they weren’t made for you.
Maybe God just wants you to understand that your life will never be perfect and will never go as planned—but you can still try to love it and love him regardless.
Maybe he’s teaching you how to wait because he wants you to know that no matter how hard you try, you can’t always control your life—because that’s his job, not yours.
