Go Figure

I'm having one of those days where I realize, too late, that I've missed so many prime opportunities. This morning I found the perfect song for our winter wedding that I should have used sometime in the day. I turned down a perfectly good job offer that I should have taken, because now I can't get another anywhere else. I had this brilliant entrepreneur idea that would utilize my talents, skills, and passions all in one, only to find someone else had the idea first. And they implemented it so well that I don't think I can make my service/product any better or different. If only I'd had this idea two years ago, I would have been the only person (at least in what is available online) to be offering a similar product. I should have been more proactive in my ideas and job search.

But, as my Dad so wisely reminds me, "Don't should on yourself!" Thank you, Dad. It's just so disheartening to find out, too late, something that could have changed your life has passed you by. Well, on a positive note, I'm glad I seized the opportunity to go to a college in Pennsylvania, to meet my Washingtonian husband there, and to enter a long-distance relationship even though it's a tough thing. But I give God the credit for those "opportunities." They were very well orchestrated by the Master. And I know He has all of these disappointed hopes under control. I'm just learning how to take the seesaw ride of thinking you've found your purpose/goal/right thing only to find you were wrong. Mind you, that's after you've wasted hours, perhaps even days (or in my case, weeks and months) thinking about and preparing to take the leap. Go figure!