Daily Gratitude: “We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”

As usual this is a recurrent theme here. We really have to learn that the universe knows what’s best for us and if our planned out life seems to be getting derailed, there’s a reason and it’s usually that we’re not on the best path for us.

I can tell you that EVERY detour that my “planned life” has taken has been for the best despite the fact that I sure didn’t feel that way at the time. I was like a toddler kicking and screaming that life wasn’t fair and why me and all the pity party phrases you can think of.

It’s funny in retrospect because no matter how loud I yelled, nothing changed. Had I had the wisdom and knowledge I have today, I would have just said something like “I see. Must be I’m not on the right road. Maybe I should turn my GPS over to greater powers than me”. That would have been so much easier.

Talk to others – friends and family and see if they don’t agree that the way things ended up was actually better. This may not be apparent for a long time so don’t make snap judgements. Keep the faith though.