The Circle of Life: it's more like the circle of opportunity.

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There is a pattern to life.  We are born, we live, and eventually we die.  There isn't a lot we can do to alter this cycle.  Some have a long life, some short, some challenging, and some are full of love, happiness, and joy.  We tend to desire the love, happiness, and joy more than anything else, but sadly life can be full of other less thrilling circumstances.  We tend to lament about all the bad things that transpire from day to day, maybe in an effort to get sympathy from others, or maybe its just wanting to share the wealth with other less fortunate souls.  Either way we spend far too much time thinking and pondering the reason why things happen the way they do and why they had to happen to us. Might I suggest that you look at things a little differently and maybe this will change the whole panorama of your life.

I have been just as guilty as the next person when it comes to crying foul and wanting others to walk in my misery.  I find that it is always more fun when others are involved, OK a little sarcasm I grant you.   I want to share a few thoughts on what I consider the "Circle" and it just might surprise you as you begin to change the way you look at, think about, and do things.  So grab a coffee, put your feet up and join me on this little journey we call "Destiny".  Things are about to get really, really, really good for you.

First things first:  quit crying over that missed opportunity, or what you perceive as a missed opportunity.  Should of, would of, and could of, plus $2.99 will get you a cup of coffee at Dunkin Donuts, $4.29 at Starbucks.   We tend to get wrapped around the wagon wheel due to things that didn't go according to plan or that jumped out and bit us on the ass.  Once again everything we go through is a learning opportunity and every opportunity is just that, a chance to do things again, but this time do them better.  I can't tell you how many times I have come up short on things, and if I had quit after failing the first time, I would be sitting around wondering what has gone on with my life and crying non-stop.

Second, and this one everyone is guilty of:  stop complaining and watch what words come out of your mouth.  We attract negative things in our life because we allow negativity to come out of our mouth.  Whether you believe in the Law of Attraction matters now.  You will never change or alter the Law of Gravity and you will never change or alter the Law of Attraction.  I am constantly amazed to hear people complain about this or that, and then wonder why these things continue to haunt them and never seem to loosen its grip on them.  If you continually bemoan the fact that you have no money, then you will continue to bring this poverty mentality on you and you will never get over it.  The same can be said if you are complaining about your job, your family, your friends, whatever it is you are complaining about, you can pretty much assure yourself that it will continue.  I know this may seem like a hard thing to come to grips with, but you better come to grips with it or forever walk around in misery and contempt.

Not sure why I got off on that Rabbit Trail, but undoubtedly someone needed to hear it.  Opportunity, or like I like to put it, a "Do Over", is always going to make itself known to you.  If you miss an opportunity, and it was in direct line with your destiny, then that opportunity will present itself to you again, and again, and again, until you are smart enough to pick up on it.  Your destiny was preordained and there is nothing that is ever going to change the fact that there are things that you are supposed to do in this life.  You may run from it, but that doesn't mean that you are not supposed to be doing it.  If you believe in destiny then you must also believe that God who designed you perfectly would also provide you the opportunity to walk in that destiny.  If you miss it, then it only makes sense that God would bring the opportunity around to you again and again, until you pick up on it.

Let me stop here and give you a warning, because there are people out there obstinate enough to purposely miss an opportunity because they believe it will show up again when the time is more in line with their desires.  This type of arrogance is not something I recommend you latch on to.  We have free will and Spirit is never going to trump your free will.  That being said, if you are dumb enough to think that you have to answer to no one, then you will find out in due time that things can and will get dicey for you.  My advise is to be open to the opportunities that come your way and be thankful for each one.  Thankfulness and appreciation go a lot farther than arrogance and self-centeredness.

If your true desire is to walk in your destiny, then please never loose heart over a perceived missed opportunity, because they will come back around to you.  If your motives are pure, then allow the goodness of the universe to come back around to you.   Opportunities are a never-ending loop.  They will just keep coming and coming.  The key is to grab it while you can.  You were created to fulfill your destiny, so it only makes sense that the opportunity will always present itself for you to do just that, walk in your destiny.  Anything other than that would make the Creator of the Universe imperfect, and that is an impossibility.  Look for each opportunity and when you see one, grab it, run with it, and never look back at the previous missed ones.  Missed ones are long gone, and now it it time to look at the here and now.   Opportunity awaits each of us, and each of us now has the opportunity to walk in our destinies.  Now that is a great thing wouldn't you say?