This was a Facebook post in the group: "Angel, Oracle, and Tarot Cards", but it rings true for us, and gave me great ease:
"I know it's not a card, but this is Archangel Gabriel's message for today. I normally don't post them, but I do read them every day, and this one was particularly comforting. I know SO many of us are at "wits end" to bust out of the gates and GET STARTED ALREADY, myself included. These recent energies requiring such patience from us, are a reminder that we *have started*. These pause moments are not halting of progress (like the ego might fear), but simply times to gather focus again, tweak something here or there, and then off we go, continuing further along the trajectory.
I am finding that I am happier the more I enjoy the day for how it flows, rather than with the looming wonder of, "Will it (insert personal 'big thing' here) happen today?"/disappointment if it doesn't, or assuming it won't because it didn't the day before. And as the gloriously paradoxical universe would have it, this act of surrender actually speeds up the arrival of the desired thing/outcome.
It also helps to remember there will ALWAYS FOR ETERNITY be an unfulfilled desire that you are reaching for, or the broader part of you is becoming, forever! Expansion is eternal. So, might as well enjoy the fruits that you have, and let the more just continue to grow and drop, grow and drop...."
Stop and go energy can be frustrating, we understand, when you are excited to move forward with your creations. When there is forward movement you see things as good, and when it stalls you see it as bad.
When things seem to stop moving, it does not mean that progress has stopped being made. It simply means that there are elements that are required to make your creation sustainable over the long term. It is merely a pause, a collecting of elements if you will, an allowing of things to come together behind the scenes, to further support your creation. In a sense, you can think of it as the universe responding in kind to what you have started.
When a race car makes a pit stop during a race, it does not mean that it is not making progress, or out of the race. It merely means it is taking a momentary pause to give it everything it needs in order to complete its mission. The driver knows this and keeps his focus on the goal, as he allows everyone else to do their jobs in support of that shared vision.
It is no different for you, Dear Ones, so please be reassured that the momentary pauses in your progress are simply your universal pit crew rushing in to give you what you need for your long term success. ~Archangel Gabriel
Source: http://trinityesoterics.com/2017/02/08/daily-message-wednesday-february-8-2017/