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TIMING

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TODAY’S DAILY WISDOM WORD IS TIMING.  DO WE HAVE THE CONTROL OR POWER TO AFFECT TIMING?  IS TIMING SOMETHING THAT “JUST IS” OR, CAN WE WORK AROUND TIMING TO MAKE SITUATIONS WORK?  I BELIEVE TIMING IS POWERFUL. 

I REMEMBER ONE OF THE MEN I WAS DEEPLY IN LOVE WITH.  ALTHOUGH I MET HIM ORIGINALLY IN DENVER, HE MOVED TO CHICAGO.  WE DATED AROUND SIX WEEKS AND DISCONNECTED DUE TO HIS MOVING.  IRONICALLY, AT THE TIME, I DECIDED TO CHANGE JOBS MYSELF ABOUT SIX MONTHS LATER.  THE COMPANY WAS BASED OUT OF CHICAGO.  EVEN EXPERIENCED NEW HOME SALESPEOPLE HAD TO ATTEND A THREE DAY TRAINING COURSE IN CHICAGO.  I KNEW I WANTED TO SEE JOHN. 

I KNEW HE WAS RIGHT THERE IN THE CITY I WAS IN FOR THREE DAYS.  HE HAD ALSO GIVEN ME HIS NUMBER IN CHICAGO BEFORE HE LEFT.  I DECIDED TO CALL HIM AND LET HIM KNOW I WAS IN CHICAGO.  WE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME AS ALWAYS.  IT DID SEEM THAT AS FAR AS INTERACTING, WE WERE PERFECT TOGETHER AND HE HAD A LOT OF CHARISMA AND CLASS.   THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT HIM I JUST COULD NOT LET GO OF AND OBVIOUSLY, THE TIMING WAS WRONG. 

I WAS RAISING TWO CHILDREN AND HE LIVED IN ANOTHER CITY.  WE VISITED EACHOTHER BACK AND FORTH.  I WOULD GET A PHONE CALL OUT OF THE BLUE AND IT WOULD BE HIM.  HE WOULD SAY HE WAS IN DENVER, AND ALTHOUGH HE ORIGINALLY CAME TO CHICAGO TO SEE HIS FRIENDS, HE WOULD END UP SPENDING HIS TIME IN DENVER WITH ME.  I FLEW TO CHICAGO ONE LAST TIME ABOUT SIX MONTHS AFTER ONE OF HIS DENVER VISITS.  IT WAS MORE THAN JUST CHEMISTRY.  HE WOULD SHARE MUCH PERSONAL INFORMATION WITH ME, AND HE CALLED ME HIS “BEST FRIEND”.  WE HAD NO BOUNDARIES OR GROUND RULES BUT WERE IN TOUCH AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK.  HE INFORMED ME ON MY LAST TIME TO CHICAGO HE HAD TAKEN A JOB IN HAWAII.  I HEARD HE WAS ENGAGED JUST A FEW MONTHS LATER.  WOULD THINGS HAD BEEN DIFFERENT IF THE TIMING HAD BEEN?

LET US TAKE A LOOK AT THE ACTUAL MEANING OF TIMING FROM THE WEBSTER DICTIONARY.                                    WEBSTER DEFINITION OF TIMING-1.  THE CHOICE, CONTROL, OR JUDGEMENT OF WHEN SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE. 2.  A PARTICULAR POINT IN TIME WHEN SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE.  

DAILY WISDOM WORD DEFINITION OF TIMING-THE PERIOD OF TIME WHEN A SPECIFIC EVENT WHICH CONTROLS OUR CHOICES HAPPENS.   I DO BELIEVE IN BOTH OF MY OPENING SENTENCES.  SOMETIMES TIMING, JUST IS. SOMETIMES, WE MAKE GOALS AND TIMING BECOMES ABOUT CHOICE.  HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT TIMING?  DO WE CONTROL IT ALL OF THE TIME, OR PERHAPS JUST SOME OF THE TIME?  HAVE YOU EVER BEEN GLAD SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED YOU DIDN’T CONTROL THE TIMING OF SIMPLY BECAUSE IF IT HAD NOT HAPPENED, WHATEVER FOLLOWED WOULD NOT HAVE EITHER?  IS LIFE ABOUT A PREPLANNED JOURNEY ONLY GOD KNOWS?  I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOUR OPINION!  PLEASE, “JOIN THE DISCUSSION” BELOW THIS POST AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT TIMING.  THANKS!  SAMANTHA

 

 

CHAPTERS

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What do I mean when I am talking about the chapters in our lives ?  First, let’s take a look at the meaning of chapters from the Webster Dictionary that apply to what I am referring to.

Chapters-a period of time or an episode in a person’s life , a nation’s history, ect.  2.  A series or sequence.  3.  A main division of a book, typically with a number or title.

Daily Wisdom Word Definition of Chapters-1.  Parts of our life that have an opening and a closing to them.  2.  Separations in life who’s meaning is of great importance which would bring us to a new point in life or new chapter.

The beginning or end of a period in one’s life are called chapter’s.  They may not often be referred to as chapters, but if you look at the definition of one, it truly means chapters.  For example, when I went through my divorce with Jay we had a beginning, middle and ending of our relationship resulting in one chapter in our life. Chapters are markers of when something big or important has gone on in our lives.

It can also mean moving from childhood, to our teenage years. These are definitely chapters in ones life, because we have passed a milestone in our lives, and it’s time to close this chapter and move on to a new chapter.  Chapters are marked events in one’s life such as a graduation from high school or college.  These chapters that pass, are the stepping stones to a new chapter in our lives.  There are new things that will happen as you close the book on one chapter and turn the page to another.

Chapters can also be written in our lives where there are not such dramatic events that have happened.  For instance let’s say your graduating from college and have been hired by a company before you graduate.  These chapters are not as extreme as the previous example of simply graduating not knowing what is to come.  Sometimes in life, we are actively writing chapters and sometimes in life, particularly when something happens in your life you have no preparation for, we are actively living chapters written by another Author such as God.

We can’t always be the author of the chapters in our lives, because we aren’t in full control of all the events that happen in our lives.

Hopefully, this has given you something to think about when life seems to be at a standstill.  There is always a chapter being written that we may not be aware of, and this is when our faith is often tested.  Remember, when life seems at standstill, you’re not in full control of events that happen, therefore, you aren’t always the writer in your own book.

I had a friend who wanted badly to be in a relationship and had lost faith that it would ever happen for her.  Amazingly, one night in this era of time for her, she went out country western dancing and met a wonderful man.  Even though she had children living with her from a previous marriage, this man and her fell in love, and everything fell right in place in a period of two weeks.  This was obviously a chapter my friend wanted to write, but it was taken out of her hands.  After all, how often is it that you meet someone and in a period of two weeks, know you want to spend the rest of your lives together?

Margaret, my friend, wrote the next few chapters in her life, along with her husband as they were married a month in their relationship.   They were given a gift, and took full advantage of it.

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