We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us. –Joseph Campbell

I had to give up my fantasy family to be there for my actual family. Kathryn at IAT, with permission

I like to make lists of things I need to do. Funny thing is that some things get moved to the next list and the next and the next and ultimately I realize I didn’t need to do them at all, but at the time they entered my list(s) they felt very pressing. Why is that, anybody know?

It’s interesting how some things fall serendipitously into my lap. Maybe if I’d trust the universe more, it would happen more often.

I remember two times in particular. I needed a basket for something. I rounded a corner and there was the basket I needed sitting out beside someone’s trash.

Another time I really wanted some oranges, but couldn’t seem to get to the grove. I came home to find a neighbor had shared oranges with me. Someone else had given more than she could eat to her. If I’d pushed to go to the grove, I would have found I hadn’t needed to.

Or the other day when my item was repaired so effortlessly, though I’d been thinking of needing to do it for a while. I’d expected I’d have to take it to the local shop that had damaged it, but there was another plan unknown to me. And much easier all the way around.

There are other instances that make me wonder what if I just let it be known what I needed, would it just show up on my doorstep, like the oranges?

When have you found your own plans were superseded by a plan that was better?

Karin

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