Exercise #10 - Inside a waiting room

Write a piece that takes place in a waiting room.

I wonder if life is not really a waiting room. Some waiting to see what they will appear as in a next life, a cockroach or a rich man. Some waiting for their planet with 21 virgins. Others waiting for their planet with their blond wives and myriad of children. Others waiting to see if they were good enough or holy enough to get to heaven. Others waiting to see if they were actually waiting for anything, or if they were supposed to be doing something other than waiting. Some, deciding that there is nothing to wait for, but pushing the waiting away and doing other things while they are here. Some, righteously waiting to enter the pearly gates and to see who doesn't make it. Others sacrificing their lives to give one more person the option of choosing salvation. Some waiting to get to see their lost relatives or famous historical people. Others waiting to ask God some important questions. Some waiting for butterflies, others for golf games. Others waiting to see if whatever is coming was worth the wait.