What the Hebrew meaning of ‘wait’ taught me about waiting

A new understanding of the word ‘wait’ has helped Imogen MacDonald in her own experience of waiting

What does the word ‘wait’ evoke in you? ‘Pure boredom,’ I think. But before I get ahead of myself, I better define what exactly ‘to wait’ truly means. I asked my counsellor what she thought waiting means. Her insight radically shifted my thinking.

She told me that, in Hebrew, ‘to wait’ means ‘to entwine’. Waiting is no longer about a future happening. Instead, it is an active, present state. The question then changes to how do I entwine well?