“I Wait!”
The iconic retort by the protagonist from a small Eastern European country who’s stranded at the JKF airport, NY.
The adaptation of a true story, The Terminal is about what a foreign civilian did, while he was trapped for months at an airport lounge
Well he did more than just pull out that chair of Resilience and make himself comfortable
He practiced patience, nurtured new friendships, exercised his ingenuity, and learned new skills
His personal standards of morality and compassion not compromised by his circumstances, he Waited
I wish I’d seen this 2004 Steven Spielberg masterpiece earlier
Great lessons for those of us who grieved the lockdown life, this past year
If there’s anything we can learn from Victor Navroski and this pandemic, it is the Art of Productive Waiting
Liji Thomas 
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