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September 2009 - Being in the Right Place at the Right Time
Did you ever notice how some people seem to be in exactly the right place at the right time? Is that magic, are they just "born lucky" or do they have some special powers that the rest of us do not?
Not really. There could be some aspect of "luck" involved of course. More likely, they are just clear about what they want and have been working on their ideas for success for a long time.
We’ve all heard stories of the ‘overnight success’ of someone who had spent many years working toward that goal. That's an example of being in the right place at the right time.
In our world, there aren’t many fairy godmothers or genies jumping out of lamps to make our wishes come true. It’s just us — you, me, I, we, all of us — working toward our dreams so that when the right time shows up, we are ready to act, to move forward, to make a change, to take a chance, etc.
What ideas do you have percolating in your brain and in your heart that have not yet seen the light of day? Don’t get discouraged if they haven’t manifested yet. Keep working on them, refining your thoughts and ideas, planning for the eventuality of right timing.
If you do that, when the time is right, you will be ready to act.
If things are not working out in the timing you want, try to relax and not get frustrated or angry by it. Eventually, the time will come when the situation is ripe for moving forward.
Being ready at the right time is what really counts.
"When the student is ready, the teacher will appear." How many times have we heard that Buddha quote?
"Life is all about timing . . .
the unreachable becomes reachable,
the unavailable become available,
the unattainable . . . attainable.
Have the patience, wait it out.
It's all about timing."
. . . Stacey Charter
- Recognize that there is a time for everything. "There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance . . ."
- Some years ago, I took a workshop with José & Lena Stevens of Power Path Seminars. We were asked to go out into nature and let nature talk to us. I sat next to a mountain stream for a while and as I watched the water, I got the message that there are many ways in our life that we can be like the stream. The water flowed easily in some places, went over rocks in other places, went around obstacles in other places. Sometimes the water went fast, sometimes the water meandered slowly and sometimes it stood still. I learned ‘to find the easy way’ when I got frustrated, just like the water. If I couldn’t get what I wanted by rushing or pushing, I could slow down, go around an obstacle or over it or under it or wear it down. I didn’t have to always push through it directly.
- Take time to slow down and listen to nature about what it might want to tell you.
- Learn to find your own "easy way" in a situation that is frustrating you.
- Start to notice "right timing" in your own life. Pay attention to what you are doing that lets it be the right time and do more of that.
- Notice what situations seem to fall apart when you push too hard. Pay attention to how you can adjust and see if you can transform them into "right timing" situations that happen easily and effortlessly with everyone feeling good about them.
If you are thinking about creating sources of income, new business ideas or exploring expansion of a existing business, our book Income Without a Job has some great exercises to assist with that.
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