Timing

i read a great post on mind body green yesterday, 15 Signs You Are Ready to Meet the Love of Your Life...it ended saying, "whether you're single or not, there's no need to stress over meeting the "right" partner at the "right" time." 

as a single person, this is easier said than done. after one too many first date disappointments, it's easy to wonder, "is it really possible to find someone that you not ultimately share a connection with but also manage to cross paths at a time when you are both ready and looking for the same thing." gosh, you would think this would be an easy thing...i mean, how hard could this be?? In actuality, SO HARD. As c said to me yesterday, "people are complicated." ha, but then we laughed at ourselves because who are we kidding? we are complicated as all hell. (it's part of our charm, right?)  ;) 

as we all know, people and life can be REALLY complicated.

i am a firm believer that timing or lack there of is everything. as i reflect on turning 30 next week, i would say that my greatest lesson learned from my 20s is the appreciation of timing and the patience that comes along with it. when it comes to most things in life whether it be love, work, relationships...timing seems to play a part in how the cards fall or at times how they don't fall exactly as you expected or hoped them to. you can try to challenge timing, force something to happen but some things are not meant to defy it. so there are times when you are just going to have to roll with it and succumb to the fact that some things are out of your control and take...time. but these moments, these people, these challenges, the crazy shit we all deal with in this amazing thing called life (unknown to you at the time) tend to help get you exactly where you never knew you wanted to be. 

"someday everything will make perfect sense. so, for now, laugh at the confusion, smile through the tears and keep reminding yourself that everything happens for a reason." (you just might not know what that reason is right now)

xx,
s

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