Sometimes lessons are long, drawn out and not easy to nail down. Over the past couple years, I’ve been given clues like:
I’m sure most of you have to, but these were given to me when I was asking about the future. What should I be doing with my career, where should I put my energies at, what should I focus on? They kept saying wait, stop, be.
I’ve always had drive; when in middle school I knew what I needed to do in high school to accomplish what I wanted to do in college. The end goal was always graduate, get a job, get married, buy a house. Settle down.
My plans were shook up when my husband joined the military. Then my drive was, get to where he’s being stationed, get a job, settle the house, make friends.
After two years, he was given orders to the same location and this is where I got “stuck”. I changed jobs, ignoring my gut reaction to working at an accounting firm and then battled with regret for over a year. We bought a house, but my gut wouldn’t speak to me like it always had with all the others we’ve lived in through the years. The house is great, but it’s not home. My friends all moved away. I bought a new car (the second car purchase of my life) and again, no word from my intuition. My car is fine, but I want to LOVE my cars and keep them for 10 years.
Looking back, I may have “pushed” my way through these decisions. I was told to wait, be patient, but I wanted to move forward. Always and on my schedule, not the universe’s. Really what is a driven, focused person supposed to do when told to wait…and not just for days or months, but YEARS!?!
First of all, it may not have hung on for years had I done what I was told and been patient.
I knew something was going on, I knew there was a lesson there. I have to have my lessons come to me in the form of words though and those were not coming through. Every time I asked, I would get the same answer. Have faith and trust.
Last week my busy season at work ended and I was given a few days to relax (yay!). My second morning sipping tea in the sunshine on my deck I read the message on my tea bag.
“Let things come you.”
Thank you universe. Thank you for spelling out my lesson so that I could finally connect all the dots, the clues, the messages and make some damn good lemonade.
- Wait
- Trust
- Have faith
- Don’t push
- Don’t plan
- Be patient
I’m sure most of you have to, but these were given to me when I was asking about the future. What should I be doing with my career, where should I put my energies at, what should I focus on? They kept saying wait, stop, be.
I’ve always had drive; when in middle school I knew what I needed to do in high school to accomplish what I wanted to do in college. The end goal was always graduate, get a job, get married, buy a house. Settle down.
My plans were shook up when my husband joined the military. Then my drive was, get to where he’s being stationed, get a job, settle the house, make friends.
After two years, he was given orders to the same location and this is where I got “stuck”. I changed jobs, ignoring my gut reaction to working at an accounting firm and then battled with regret for over a year. We bought a house, but my gut wouldn’t speak to me like it always had with all the others we’ve lived in through the years. The house is great, but it’s not home. My friends all moved away. I bought a new car (the second car purchase of my life) and again, no word from my intuition. My car is fine, but I want to LOVE my cars and keep them for 10 years.
Looking back, I may have “pushed” my way through these decisions. I was told to wait, be patient, but I wanted to move forward. Always and on my schedule, not the universe’s. Really what is a driven, focused person supposed to do when told to wait…and not just for days or months, but YEARS!?!
First of all, it may not have hung on for years had I done what I was told and been patient.
I knew something was going on, I knew there was a lesson there. I have to have my lessons come to me in the form of words though and those were not coming through. Every time I asked, I would get the same answer. Have faith and trust.
Last week my busy season at work ended and I was given a few days to relax (yay!). My second morning sipping tea in the sunshine on my deck I read the message on my tea bag.
“Let things come you.”
Thank you universe. Thank you for spelling out my lesson so that I could finally connect all the dots, the clues, the messages and make some damn good lemonade.