We are all waiting for something. Waiting is inevitable, just as the event that follows it is inevitable. The things we wait for may vary endlessly: meetings, discoveries, mysterious incidents, troubles, moments of joy. But I dare say that the most unavoidable of all anticipated events is death — both in the literal and in the broadest sense.
Yet while we all remain in anticipation of the inevitable, there is still something we can do. For instance, read this collection of stories, novellas, miniatures, and sketches from life.