My inspiration for this post came from my dear, longtime blogging friend, Debbie @ Musings by an ND Domer's Mom, who is not only a gifted...
Ever since making my decision last year to leave Philadelphia and move back to New York, I've been presented with certain life lessons.
Now mind you, I've been presented with these same life lessons many times before whenever I have decided to make a big change in my life, or even while going through a challenging experience in which I needed to trust that everything would be presented to me at the exact time I needed it to move through the change or the challenge.
I truly believe that I came into this world with specific lessons to learn, and it is through my own life scenarios that I am taught these lessons.
Today I would like to share with you, one of those lessons...
Remaining Open and Adaptable:
Isn't funny that no matter how carefully we plan something, it never goes exactly as planned?
And have you also noticed that life is constantly calling upon us to be adaptable?
Well, these are things that I have once again been reminded of as I've been planning and preparing to make my move to New York.
However, the only difference is that this time I've been trying to remain more consciously aware of the things that have not been planned, those things that have been presented to me as different options and then embracing those options instead of staying stubborn in how I envisioned every aspect of this move to pan out. And do you know what? In doing that, things seem to be naturally falling into place without any frustration to control them.
I genuinely feel extremely relaxed about this change in my life; not at all fearful, but rather excited.
One of the most important things I'm learning about planning is to, yes, make plans and choices, but then throw those plans and choices out into the Universe and see which ones come back to you; remaining open and adaptable because you don't always know what's best. What you initially preconceived as the best path, so often redirects you on a different route. What may seem like a detour or a dead end, ends up being a better direction.
Example:
The store that I had originally wanted to transfer to in New York never even made an attempt to contact me after I sent them my application. And this was a store that I've been wanting to transfer to since last year, so I wanted it badly. It was the store that I had strongly envision myself in, so it was the store I had my heart set on.
However, another one of our stores I applied to that was in a different location in Manhattan, contacted me the very next day and asked if I could come to New York for an interview, which I did. And while I was there in the midst my interview, I suddenly realized that that store would be a much better match for me, and then wondered why I didn't think of it myself. The interview went well, they seemed to like me and I liked them. Things just seemed to click.
And lo and behold, a few days ago I got an email from them saying that my transfer was approved for a full-time position in their store. Yes, I was very happy!
So you see, it all worked out for the best, even though it wasn't something that "I" had planned, but rather something that was planned "for" me.
Now, the next thing I need to do is find a place to live in New York, which I will be doing this month and next. I've been looking at different areas, but plan on staying open to the unplanned.
As I shared at the start of this post, everything about this move seems to be naturally falling into place.
My part is to just keep reminding myself to remain open and adaptable.
Because I have a feeling that I'll find the perfect apartment where I least expect it....
Yes....I'll be sure to keep you all posted!
Have a super week, everyone!
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