Timing is Everything

@mzz663 (2772)
United States
November 6, 2009 12:35pm CST
Cars breaking down, kids not being able to find their shoes, dogs taking longer outside than they normally do, spilling coffee on just ironed clothes, car doors frozen shut....always seems like something is trying to stop or slow me down lately that saves me from bad timing/situations.... Have you ever had things stop you or slow you down only to find out that if you had left when you were supposed to you could have been involved in a bad accident where people had died or something else bad had happened? Maybe you left to go somewhere and there were things that seemed to want to hold you back but you fought through them and left anyways, only to have something bad happen that you might have avoided if you would have stayed and dealt with the things that were seemingly trying to hold you back? Timing is everything no matter how upset or aggravated we get that we aren't where we think we should be, but somehow we are always where we should be no matter what. I believe that everything happens for a reason and today wasn't my day to die....ever feel like that and glad you weren't in the wrong place at the wrong time?
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@barehugs (8973)
• Canada
6 Nov 09
How very true, and how few of us notice, as we rush through life as if there was no tomorrow! This is a world of illusion. Nothing is as it seems! The grass is not green, it is a reflection of the color green from the spectrum. Your arm is not solid! The atoms in your flesh compare in distance with the stars in the universe. A tree in the forest makes no sound as it falls, unless there is someone there (or a device) to hear it. When the astronauts went to the moon, they realized that there is no up or down. Its all relevant. I could go on and on, but whats the use? Nobody will believe this anyway. (except You and Me and now, I'm wondering about you?)
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@mzz663 (2772)
• United States
13 Nov 12
I think I know what you mean! Actually, I like philosophy and somehow this makes perfect sense!
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
6 Nov 09
hi mzz663 yes a number of years back my sister and I had bought tickets to fly home on a certain flight from Phoenix to Rapid city South dakota. but on the midday of that flight, I got a horribly queasy feeling in my stomach and made my sister mad,as I refused to take that flight. I rescheduled for the next morning, we were watching televison that night and the news came out that the flight we should originally have taken collided with another plane over the Grand Canyon, no survivors left. I knew that there was a reason why I did not want to take that flight, although I had no idea why. glad I went with my gut feeling. Another time my hubby gave me a letter to take to the apartment complex mailbox, and I suddenly just could not move, and he got upset with me. He said,go on and mail that stupid letter. so I started across the lawn towards the mailbox when the land ladys big lummox of a dog came careening out and collided with me, and I tripped over a hidden sprinkler head, and landed on my left shoulder. I was in agony so we went to the doctor, and got it xrayed. torn rotator cuff, my husband rescued the letter then forgot to mail it til the next day. he said, I wish I had listened to you.
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@cyrus123 (6363)
• United States
7 Nov 09
It's so funny that your husband wanted you to mail the letter. Then, after you fell, he rescued the letter and forgot to mail it, himself, LOL! I bet you were in a lot of pain after you fell and I'm sure it wasn't funny at the time. Bless your heart! Kathy.
@cutepenguin (6431)
• Canada
7 Nov 09
I don't know...I never really think about things this way. Sometimes I worry about this with my husband - what if he gets in an accident because I made him stay late or leave early?
@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
6 Nov 09
That has happened to me many times before and I've escaped a LOT of close calls! I learned by the time I was 35 that if things are just not going right, take a deep breath and deal with things as they come, don't worry about getting somewhere on time and just call ahead and say I'll be late. Don't stress. You're right, everything happens for a reason!
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• United States
6 Nov 09
God works in mysterious ways. I remember one time I was on my way to a 2nd interview in the fiercest snow storm of the year (half an hour from Cleveland into Cleveland) and it took me about 2 hours to get there safely and I was majorly late. I actually rode up the elevator with the interviewer and didn't know it. She gave me the job because she knew I was dedicated and really knew that I wanted the job. This job is my foot in the door for my career path and I am so glad I risked my life driving into Cleveland for it.
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@cyrus123 (6363)
• United States
7 Nov 09
Cngratulations! It was so nice of her to give you the job after all you went through!Kathy.
• India
15 Apr 13
Yes every thing happens for a reason and at the predetermined time fixed by the god, i have faith on this, destiny plays a big role.
@cyrus123 (6363)
• United States
7 Nov 09
Oh yes! It seems like things like this happen to me all the time and I'm always late!I try my best to be on time but then, I end up being late again! Talk about car trouble. That seems to be my middle name, lol. My little dog is never ready to come back in when I want her to. Kathy.
@chinawgl (20)
• China
7 Nov 09
Hi, mzz663, I agree with you. Timing is Everything. But we always waste time for little things. Somethings I spend a lot of time to think what I have to do. I always leaves thing to tomorrow.