Have you recently stopped to notice that sometimes you have an opportunity to get what you want, or think you wanted? The most unfortunate thing is when the timing is so far off it is laughable, or you no longer want it, or it just isn't right anymore. But you see it and a part of you still wants it to be what it once could have been. Even when it won't be.
All the while I can't help but wondering what other sorts of opportunities may be passing by unnoticed in the shadow of the darkly comedic twist of the aforementioned events.
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Its happening to my partner right now, he took something he thought he wanted and it's biting his (and my) ass something rotten.
Just now it isn't right. Fifteen years ago it would have been a dream.
Wheras I'm missing the opportunities because I won't join up the social networking dots. This doesn't bother me overly, but I do often wonder 'what if...'?
Stay well, GD xx
Yep, apparently if you do it right, the Universe gives us exactly what we ask for... in its own time.
Kinda makes you think we need to be a bit careful what we ask for eh?
[cue spooky music]
For me it has been more often the belated realization that what I longed for, if granted, would have been a step on a probably wrong path.
But first a lot of "oh, why, I want this" going on.
Gonna have to think about your scenario; probably hit some of this as well. (nice thing about getting older--so much fades. Where is my coffee cup??)
Ginger Doll - That's the fun part of it all. You spend all this time and effort and it just turns around and gets you. I think most people have a hard time separating what we have now with what we wanted then. Me included. Hopefully he will find a path that brings contentment for now. Fifteen years ago isn't here anymore, no sense finding pieces that fit it. Does suck though when the solutions for the past come at you presently. I'm sure there is still something to be learned from that. If you would hang with the dots, will there really be opportunities? Opps are only opps if they are so by your standards - not theirs. Sometimes I think life throws crap at you just to watch you squirm.
Terri - OMG... you are so right. Perfect example that flew into my head was a guy I ADORED when I was like, 12. (You know, back when i knew everything!) I pleaded with the universe every night for an opportunity to know him. When I did, I was 18 and he was an ass. But I got what I wanted, in that universally twisted kind of way. One of my favorite phrases that plays right on what you said is 'Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it'.
Jarvenpa - Oh, the wrong path... I know what you mean. So in not getting what you wanted, you actually got a better deal, so to speak. The tricky thing is that when we, as humans, make any choice, we try to make the best. (Ok, some don't but that is entirely different.) Often we look back and think that we picked the wrong one b/c if we chose the right one, surely life would be better. My theory is this... who ever said you had to have a traditionally 'good' and 'bad' choice? That would be too easy. You could have 'mediocre', 'crummy' and 'that is so bad it shouldn't even be permitted as an option'! But we don't know that, yet we blame ourselves and sometimes others when it doesn't turn out. I like the irony of that. And once I find my keys I'll help you find your cup...
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