How is Your Day Going? (It May be Better Than You Think)

I woke up today, and looked at my schedule. It was all planned out. It looked good, full of self-care, some work, and time to write. A nice plan.

I drove to my dentist for a cleaning. After a long one hour drive in heavy traffic I arrived to find out that I got there on the wrong day. I don’t know who made the mistake, but my slot was filled with another patient. I was not too happy.

Plan B. Lunch, and then some writing.

Ten minutes later I got a call from the dentist telling me that a patient cancelled, and that I could come later in the morning. I turned back, and had my cleaning.

Here comes the cool part of this.

The wife of the dentist was there, and I was able to sell her a copy of my book. The amazing thing is that I might not have seen her if my appointment had been earlier. Because of the time mixup, she was there for me to sell her my book.

This is how life goes. We make plans. The plans change, and something happens that we didn’t expect to happen. And often times the thing that ends up happening is better than the original plan.

How many times has it happened to you? Have you ever ran into a traffic jam, later to find out that if you were one mile ahead you could have been the one in…