I have learned that life is like a Jigsaw puzzle. This one however doesn't come in a box. You don't get to see the final picture before you start. You just have to live it and watch the pieces slowly coming together.

Right now though, in my life, I find that I am in a "Waiting" stage. Everything I want today is still beyond my control and I have no control over whether or not (when the waiting period is over) I can have what it is, that I now want.

Waiting is a mystery - a natural sacrament of life - there is a meaning hidden in all the times we have to wait. It must be an important mystery because there is so much waiting in our lives. Every day is filled with those little moments of waiting (testing our patience and our nerves, schooling us in self-control.)

We wait for meals to be served, for a letter to arrive, for a friend to call or show up for a date. We wait in line at cinemas and theaters. We wait to grow up - to reach the stage where we make our own decisions.

I have a strange feeling that this "Waiting" period, will serve only as a lesson in Patience. And sometimes the waiting times in our lives are just as important as the times when we take action.

In my life, I’ve made so many wishes to the extent that I’ve lost count of it. I’m sure others out there did the same too. It’s common for people to be wishing that their life to be happy, successful, rich and the list goes on and on. But for it to come true, we have to wait.

We cannot remove this waiting from our lives. It is a part of the tapestry of living. Life is short and we need to utilize it to the fullest. We need to embrace LIFE.

Is it wrong to expect while waiting? It's not wrong, but it will increase our chances of heartbreak and disappointment if things don't work out in the end.

Is it good to expect while waiting? It is better to HOPE.

What's the difference between hoping and expecting? HOPING means we're open to either side of the coin landing though we're more inclined to believe that things will turn out well.

EXPECTING means we're thinking single-track, which won't do us much good at all.What's the difference between waiting and expecting?

EXPECTING is waiting for something to definitely happen. WAITING is staying where we are, but not necessarily expecting something to happen definitely.

I knew in this life, things do not always swings in our favor. Sometimes we will get what we wanted and sometimes we don’t. There can never be a happy ending on every occasion. But I do hope that one day all my wishes will come true. Insya-Allah!