Okay, you've been focusing on your goals, you're looking for positive signs that you are about to receive everything you have ever wished for... and then.... BOOM! Something just awful happens - or things just get worse! What the heck is going on? "Thanks a lot God, Universe, whatever" you think. You may even take it as a sign that the universe is telling you that you can't have what you want. Well I'm here to tell ya' it's not true.
One of my best friends just emailed me to tell me she had lost her job. Not only that, but in such a way as to make her feel like an absolute horrible person - a criminal even. Immediately it occurred to me that she had been expressing an interest in finding a more creative job. Ah ha. Gotcha!
I have read endless counts of people getting the opposite result of what they were wishing for. In her book "God Doesn't Have Bad Hair Days", Pam Grout tells of how she point-blank asked God for a sign that she should start a freelance writing career. The next day she got fired. How's that for a sign?
It doesn't stop at jobs either. I decided a couple of years ago that what I most wanted was to get married and have children. Immediately my relationship of 4 years fell apart. That'll teach me, eh?
Now, I don't mean to negate anyone's feelings upon learning they no longer have a job or a relationship that has been their foundation for so long. If you didn't have at least a bit of "freak out" time, if you didn't have a moment or two of "why me?" you wouldn't be human. However, my favorite thing about life is that you just don't know what fantastic thing could be right around that next corner that you can't see yet. I live for those times when I finally get to go around the corners!
It's kinda like expecting Christmas. It's guaranteed to be there, so if your sled breaks, go ahead and cry, but remember too that there are so many Christmases in your future in which you could get a brand new sled that's even better!
So what happened to Pam? The week after she got fired she received calls from 2 magazines requesting freelance articles from her. She's now a successful writer with 13 books under her belt. And what about me? I got married in February to the perfect man for me and we are expecting our first child.
If bad things seem to happen as a result of your wanting something better for yourself, just remember that it could be a means to a better end. And... Hey - what's that up there around that next corner?
Thursday, March 09, 2006
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