Are You Still Waiting For Godot?

I'm sure most of you are familiar with the famous play, "Waiting For Godot" by Samuel Beckett. It's about two guys standing around waiting for someone named Godot to show up. While they are waiting they spend the time talking to each other covering a variety of topics. Occasionally someone else will come along, join in the conversation and then leave. And the two guys go back to talking to each other. And they continue to wait. And that's how the play ends. Godot never shows up. But they continue to wait.

We are never told who Godot is or why they are waiting for him. We figure he must be someone really important because they are waiting a long time for him. How long? We'll never know because the play ends with the two main characters still waiting. Which leads me to the question, "How many of you are still waiting for Godot?" And if so, why? Quite often many of us are honest with other people. But we are not always honest with ourselves.

We wait for phone calls or e-mails from people who might offer us a job. We wait for phone calls or e-mails from people who might want to go out with us on a date. We sometimes even wait for a friend to call and just say hello and ask how we are. Sometimes we have to sit back, reach deep down inside and just admit to ourselves that that phone call or e-mail is never coming.

If we are truly honest with ourselves we already know who will be calling us and who won't. We all have friends and business associates who will only talk to us if we call them first. Oh, they'll be friendly and ask all the right questions like, how are you doing, etc. But you know deep down inside that if you hadn't called them you would probably never see or speak to them ever again, probably for the rest of your life. Be honest. You know that in some cases that is true.

So how do we deal with this situation? Well, if it falls in the business category you will know soon enough if someone you've connected with on Linked In or Facebook is going to help you find a job or help you advance in your career. Yes, I know not everyone who joins these two social places has that agenda, but many do and there's nothing wrong with that. But if it becomes apparent that nothing is going to happen, then let it go. Yes, you can occasionally contact them with a friendly hello and politely state that you're still available. But then, after you've sent that message let it go. If you haven't heard from them in a long time, you probably never will. Let it go. It's the same with personal relationships. You know deep down inside who's going to call you and who is never, ever going to speak to you unless you call them first.

Remember that scene at the end of "Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade" where the cave is starting to break up and Indiana sees the Holy Grail cup and tries to grab it? However in doing so he might fall into that chasm and die. What does his father do? He says to him, "Let it go, Indiana. Let it go." And Indiana wisely follows his advice. Are you still waiting for Godot? Stop....and move on.