The Universe is all about timing. I said this to my mom the other day. She said “I need to learn more about this Universe stuff”. Well, here’s some Universe stuff for ya mom.
I think of a girlfriend of mine that started working at the restaurant I worked at some years ago. We were friendly but not friends friends. Then when my world turned upside down she selflessly offered her support as she had the same world-turning-upside-down experience not long before.
She saved me.
I would have officially lost my mind if not for her. She became my teacher in a way, my counselor, savior, friend. No one knows exactly how you feel about something unless they’ve experienced the same thing. Her experience and support carried me through my darkest time. She only worked there briefly and has since moved to another town.
A brief time of her being around but it was at the right time. The time the Universe knew I would need it.
Coincidence? I think not.
I think of when I moved back from Colorado. I thought at first I’d stay at the same job I had before I left as they had just hired me back. It was a good job, but I knew I had to eventually move on. A few months later a friend told me about another restaurant that needed a server as they were losing a long time employee. Openings at this place were hard to come by.
I got the job and still work there today. What if I had moved back home 6 months later? What if that girl had quit 6 months earlier?
Coincidence? I think not.
I think of another great friend of mine. At first we only knew of each other in passing, and never really talked. Tends to happen with shy people like me. Somehow though we became friends right when I needed it. He also had some closer-than-you’d-like-to-be experience with what I was going through. His kind words and encouragement helped me maintain my sanity. He was a great sounding board and I hope I was for him.
Why weren’t we friends before this? How strange we came together at a time when we both were kinda going through the same thing?
Coincidence? I think not.
I think a lot about relationships. Maybe the ones that failed wouldn’t have if you would have met years earlier or later. Maybe if you didn’t live in different cities, didn’t have conflicting schedules, weren’t already attached to other people.
Maybe you both were too young, too immature. Maybe you or they just weren’t ready because your hearts and minds weren’t open enough.
But maybe someday you get a second chance and you come back into each other’s life and it works, this time.
Coincidence? I think not.
We all have free will and can choose whatever path we want in life and with whomever. But the Universe, I think, does have an overall divine purpose for us and it will make that path clearer when it wants a certain thing to happen.
It will also put blockades in place when it doesn’t.
Ever have the situation where one thing after another keeps getting in your way of something? That’s the Universe trying to tell you that maybe the thing you’re thinking of doing (or person 
) isn’t the best idea.
And conversely, sometimes things just seem a bit more effortless.
The Universe knew I needed those specific friends at those specific times. It knew I needed that specific job at that specific time. It knew when to stop me from doing stupid things (sometimes), things of which I won’t get into right now.
It also knew when to give me the green light.
We need a little Universe intervention sometimes because let’s face it, we’re all dumb, and sometimes we need to do a bit more living and learning to become, well, less dumb.
When you don’t get what you want it’s hard to see the short-term reasons why. For some cosmic reason you weren’t supposed to have whatever it is you wanted at that time. Maybe you were never supposed to have it at all.
Or maybe sometimes things, jobs, opportunities, friends, relationships come back to you again because now is the time.
So don’t cry for what you didn’t get. Know that the Universe is looking out for you and it does what is best for your growth even though, at the time, you may not see it that way.
But when you do get what you want, be grateful, and thank the Universe for paving the way.
This may all sound crazy but if you really think about it, is it?
Just my humble opinion on everything, in this exact moment in time, which I am forever grateful for.
2/4/22
