Taken Care of in Advance

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I’ve been sharing this with people and it seems to touch them so I’m sharing it with you too.

I think I was always meant to live in my current space for a short period of time. When I first moved in my mom came down to help me get settled (bless her). We went to every big box store and thrift store around searching for things I would need to make my space more comfortable. Stuff like a standing lamp. We searched everywhere and couldn’t find one. In fact, the closest we came was a lamp at Goodwill that after the employee plugged it in, sparked and gave him an electric shock.

paper lantern

Instead of a standing lamp I’m using this paper lantern, which I had in my closet, so another instance of being taken care of in advance!

I think higher power created a block so I wouldn’t invest in my living space, in this case monetarily. I think I was prevented from finding the more expensive things I needed for this spot in particular because I was never meant to be here long.

When things don’t go my way I rail against the universe, stew in frustration, and think the whole world is against me. I’m seeing, yet again, that perhaps when things don’t go my way, it’s because they’re not supposed to. That actually, even I’m not supposed to go that way. That’s not to say moving in here was a mistake – it wasn’t – but clearly, this is a short-term fling.

Some things require hard work and patience, but I’m starting to see when there’s one road block after another, when the universe keeps putting up signs that say, “Stop. Don’t go this way,” maybe it’s because it’s better for me to not go that way! That not all obstacles are meant to be overcome. That some obstacles are the universe’s way of taking care of me.

I’m focusing on housing in this post, but I think the concept applies to other things too – jobs, relationships, opportunities. Maybe when there’s one obstacle after another after another, higher power is saying, “Turn around.” And maybe when we’re not allowed to invest financially or emotionally it’s because it’s better if we don’t. I can only imagine how angry and bitter I would feel if my landlady blew up at me and asked me to move out after I spent a lot of money fixing my place up and unpacked everything. At the moment, some of my stuff is still in boxes and there are no pictures on the walls. Not to mention, I saved almost all of my moving boxes so obviously on some level I knew this was coming. And even though I don’t enjoy this turn of events, I can still sit back and see how I’m taken care of in advance.

I dream of a world where we understand some obstacles are for our benefit. A world where we realize not every obstacle is meant to be overcome. A world where we understand sometimes things don’t work out and it’s for our own good. A world where we see we’re taken care of in advance.

Another world is not only possible, it’s probable.

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Rebekah
6 comments… add one
  • Lucius Aug 18, 2014, 5:50 am

    I really liked having the audio version. I have been so busy lately that I have not taken the time to read your posts. But I listened to it while I was doing some simply busy things at work. Keep it up. And always, awesome post!!!!!!!!

    • Rebekah Aug 18, 2014, 9:38 pm

      Thanks m’dear! I always appreciate hearing from you. =)

      I haven’t been super diligent, but I do have audio for some of my other posts in case you’re interested: https://soundcloud.com/another-world-is-probable

      • Lucius Aug 19, 2014, 12:04 pm

        Wow, that is great! I have very much missed reading them. Now I can do some catch up and listen. Thanks again.

        • Rebekah Aug 19, 2014, 5:35 pm

          You are welcome! Thanks for being a reader (and now a listener)!

  • Erika Aug 23, 2014, 1:39 pm

    I feel like this really resonates for my life, especially in the past year or so. There have been times when I’ve tried to be forceful about other paths, but it’s like this bigger force somehow keeps me from going down those roads. I think my first reaction was to be bitter and angry, but little by little, I’m seeing how maybe the road I’m already on is leading me to what’s right for me and what I want, but I am so tempted all the time to want different or immediate gratification. What seemed like “punishment” is now looking like protection for sure.

    • Rebekah Aug 23, 2014, 6:20 pm

      Gorgeous. Happy to hear this. =)

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