About 16 years ago, I was waiting to make a left turn at a red light when I zoned out. This was during my high anxiety and panic attack days when I was always in a rush to get to the next destination, so zoning out was out of the ordinary for me.
It took me a moment to realize the light had turned green. As I was approaching the intersection to turn left, a speeding van going straight flew in front of my car.
One second. Had I gotten to the intersection one second earlier, I’d be telling a much different story right now.
You’ve probably also had a situation where the Divine had other plans for you. It could have been something more subtle- the times you were stuck in traffic or missed the train or a flight, needed to change your shirt because you spilled coffee on it, forgot your keys or wallet, etc.
It’s frustrating when that happens and if it was something we felt we had control over, we chastise ourselves for it. All the ways we can find fault in ourselves, we do- we shouldn’t have been so careless, we should have been more organized, we shouldn’t have hit the snooze button, we should have given ourselves more time, etc. But no matter how many ways we look to blame ourselves, it won’t change what happened.
What if those delays were part of the cosmic plan? What if those delays were never about delaying you, but about redirecting you to your destined path?
Yes, we have free will. But divine intervention happens when an accident would prevent us from getting to our destiny.
We just don’t look at it that way because it’s easier to question where we went wrong when things aren’t working out for us. Did we fail a cosmic test? Did we say or do the wrong thing? Maybe we’re not working as hard as we should be?
Instead of blaming yourself or resenting your circumstances, change your perspective. Maybe it’s because all is as it should be. The relationships that didn’t work out, the job promotion you really wanted, the city, state, or country you wanted to move to that never happened- they were all a part of the plan.
None of it may make any sense now and it may never make any sense. But trust that if it’s supposed to, the answer will appear when the time is right. And trust that nothing will come a moment too soon or will appear a moment too late.
In the meantime, you can choose to love yourself just as you are right now, feel healed enough right now, and find inner peace right now. Redirections give us the opportunity to choose higher levels of consciousness, to trust in the process, and to embrace each step of our journey.
So choose from the elevated version of yourself. And remember- everything that’s happened and is happening is to take you to your answered prayers.
I’ll see you soon…in the meantime, love yourself so much that even a Hallmark Christmas movie would be jealous.
