Trust the Universe

I'm kind of a control freak. Don't look so shocked! Surely you knew this about me?

Over time I've found that the Universe has this annoyingly cheerful way of providing me with countless opportunities to learn the same lesson over and over again until it finally sinks in. Here's how it goes:

Universe: (presents something to me) Are you ready to deal with this? 

Me: Nope, not yet. 

Universe: Okay!

...time passes...

Universe: How 'bout now? Ready yet?

Me: Nope.

Universe: Okay!

...more time passes...

Universe: How 'bout now? Ready now?

Me: Definitely NOT now.

Universe: Okay!

...and so on and so on until FINALLY, I decide that I'm ready to deal with whatever glorious lesson the Universe wants me to learn.

As a control freak, the big lesson that I keep having the opportunity to learn is "Trust the Universe" or, for the religious folks out there "Trust God." Me, I'll take the Universe option...it rings truer in my brain.

What this looks like right now is me knowing, not just in my brain but in my heart, that everything ALWAYS works out. It may not look like I think it should, and it may not look like I want it to look, but really, it all works out exactly the way it's supposed to.

When I'm planning my husband's 40th birthday party and can't find a suitable venue after searching for a month, it will all work out.

When I get my period after our eighth month of attempted baby-making (doh!), it will all work out.

When I'm still getting horrible headaches even after almost seven weeks of upper-chiro treatment, it will all work out.

And deep down inside, I know it will, because it always has. I just have a hard time remembering sometimes, that's all. And so I know that the Universe will keep providing me with opportunities to remember. Thank you, Universe! :)

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Ultimate Blog Challenge!

The Universe has a funny (and awesome!) way of supporting me in having what I say I want.

I haven't been writing much lately, which has come up twice in the last week. The first time was last Tuesday, on a follow-up call with my winter writing group. I admitted to not doing a whole lot of writing, and noted that my coach and I were working on my schedule for April, and that I could incorporate time to write while doing so (which I didn't).

The second time was today in my call with my coach, when I owned up to not scheduling any writing time in my April schedule. My coach and I talked quite a bit about writing and in the end I committed to writing nightly (for the next week) about one thing I am grateful for in my life.

Fast forward a couple of hours and I'm trolling around on Facebook when I see my friend Deb post something about the Ultimate Blog Challenge, which started today. What's this? I asked myself, and did a Google search to find out.

A 30-day blogging challenge! Just what I need to get back into the groove of writing!! Thank you, Universe, for looking out for my needs and thank you, Facebook, for giving the Universe a way to communicate with me!

I hesitated for a few seconds before signing up. Do I really want to commit to 30 days of blog writing? Is this a good month for me to do so? Should I write on my personal blog or my coaching blog, or both? After all the necessary(?) hesitating was done, I signed up. Woohoo!

So fasten your seat belts and hold on...it's gonna be a fun month!! :)  Day one, DONE! Who wants to join me?