It’s 5:30 in the morning and I haven’t had any sleep. My mind kept racing, thinking, planning and then I realized ... I was basically working. At 4:30 a.m. I decided that I may as well get some of these “things” in my head put on paper because sometimes this is when some of my greatest thoughts or articles emerge.
The reason why I could not sleep is because I have ten million things I am working on and I just recently got over the flu and really still do not feel all that great. I’m running behind, not on schedule and chances are I will not be able to keep several appointments this week. I’m tired, sleepy, frustrated, and basically exhausted. And all I could think about was could I have done anything while I was sick that would have helped me not get so far behind. Did I really need the rest? Was I really that sick? Could I have done just a little bit differently ...
Has that ever happened to you? Do you ever stop and think to yourself if you had done something different that you would have had a different outcome? Well of course you do. Everyone does. I did last night and it cost me a night’s sleep. I think it’s normal to contemplate and play the ‘what if’ game and even thought I sometimes wonder what would have happen had I done some things differently, under normal circumstances I don’t ponder on it much because I truly believe that everything happens for a reason.
As I sat in bed this information came flooding to my head so I wanted to share with you, my friends so here we go ...
Everything that you have done up until now has happened for a specific reason. Where you were born. What school you went to. All of the decisions that you have made. It all happened for a reason. Think for a moment had you done something differently in your life what the outcome would have been. Everyone always thinks of the positive things that could have happened. For example, perhaps if you had went to graduate school you would be earning more money. Perhaps if you had not taken the first job you were offered when you graduated from college you would be further along in your career. Perhaps if you had only put in a few more hours, you would have gotten the promotion that was given to someone else. Well, perhaps this is all true but do you ever stop to think what would not have happened had your life taken those turns?
