Waiting

I saw this play today called Waiting for Godot and it really was life changing. They play was about these two guys who were waiting for this one guy, Gadot. Throughout the entire play, they did nothing productive to pass the time. They would think of things to do, but then not do them. That was a very long story in a couple very short lines, but the gist of it was about how we wait for things. Gadot could be anyone or anything. It could be waiting for a career, waiting for marriage, waiting for the bus to come, or waiting for our Savior.

The question is, "What do we do while we wait?" Do we play games on our cell phones or do we do something productive like have a conversation with the person sitting next to us.

After the play we had the opportunity to talk to the cast members and one of the main characters made an interesting comment. He said that he has a theory that we are all afraid of each other. I agree with him to an extent. When we are sitting in class, do we say hi to the person next to us? When we are walking on the sidewalk and someone is walking towards us, do we say hi do them? Do we even make eye contact? I usually don't. That made me think, what if we got rid of all that unnecessary fear? What would life be like?

Another point that was brought up was that this life is about "doing". If we are not doing anything productive, then our life seems pointless and dull. This is because we aren't doing anything! So, another way to create your own sunshine is to go out and do something productive. Don't waste your life away by facebooking or playing Angry Birds or watching Seinfeld. I promise you that you will be happier and your life will have so much more meaning if you "go and do".
(1Nephi 3:7)