I've answered this question so many times in various prompts, and my answer is always the same: Who knows? Seriously, one thing I've learned about life is that it is constantly changing. For me, though I have hopes and dreams, I roll with the punches as they come. I try not to let life's speed bumps devastate me. The only way to do that is to be aware that while we have plans, the universe doesn't always agree with those thoughts. Adjust and readjust as needed.
Last week I was given a perfect example of this idea. Daniel and I were at our friends' house and we had all just planned to go clean out my classroom that night instead of waiting for the next morning as originally planned. Our friend had to run his daughter to a party quickly, then we would all leave to work in the classroom. Lo and behold, our friend calls minutes later to let us know the car has broken down. Instead of working in my classroom, the men spent the next couple of hours fixing the car. I could have been upset by this, but we just came up with a new idea for getting the classroom done.
You HAVE to be able to take a different path than planned. Life is full of detours, and sometimes you never do get back to the original road. This is a good thing. I have NO idea where I will be next year. I hope that we will be a lot more stable and comfortable, but if not, we'll get through that too.
You HAVE to be able to take a different path than planned. Life is full of detours, and sometimes you never do get back to the original road. This is a good thing. I have NO idea where I will be next year. I hope that we will be a lot more stable and comfortable, but if not, we'll get through that too.
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My life has had so many detours that sometimes I feel I'm running in circles.... but you know what? Sometimes I like getting dizzy. ;-)
Yeah, it might get a little boring if we stayed on the exact path we had planned. We would never see anything new!
First time visiting your blog; enjoying reading some of your entries. Congrats on finishing your first year of teaching! What an accomplishment!! One does always wonder where one will be a year from now, 10 years from now, whatever the time span. What I have found as I have grown older is how incredibly fast time goes and we think a year is a long time away but it will be here in the blink of an eye!
may your weekend be restful!
betty
Thanks for stopping by and for commenting Betty! Yes, a year flies past without a thought anymore. It seems like just yesterday my husband was helping me move furniture into that classroom that we just moved out of last weekend.
John Lennon said it best... "Life is what happen when you are busy making other plans."
I was going to write that John Lennon quote too! :-) Karen, great post and love how you used the example of your friend's broken down car. This continual change and regrouping in life is one of the hardest concepts to except, but we must.
Susi and MA, great minds think alike! How funny that you were each going to use the same quote. Have a great week!
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