Everything happens for a reason...

I am a true follower of the idea that everything happens for a reason.

I am also wise enough to know that there are things I won't understand now, and some that I may never understand. I am not a fan of thinking that there are things in my life that will never make sense. In fact, if I let myself contemplate it for ever a short moment of time it begins to agitate and bother me enough to cause me true anguish.

I wish I had some magic fortune tellers ball and could look into and give people answers. I wish there were moments someone was there to hold my hand and tell me that it will all makes sense in the end. But the thing I believe, the truth, is that not everything will make sense and sometimes the reasons why things happen are so far removed from me that I will never see the cause that effected me.

Then the idea that some things HAVE to happen to make me (or them) better. For example if I'd given up and decided not to have my munchkin with my ex...What if my son has a destiny to be something so great and change the world, but I robbed the universe of it because I changed my mind after we decided to try to make a kid? And because I hadn't yet my son I didn't know what I was missing?

I believe that God has a sense of humor, I believe that he knows I flex without breaking, and that I make a fantastic punchline. I also think that sometimes he allows me to go through things because it makes me stronger even though when I am going through it I feel weaker.

I truly believe that all my jobs I had prior to teaching helped to equip me to be a teacher.

Grocery store cashier- ability to answer multiple questions, deal with conflict and see people at both their best and worst and treat them equally
Waitress- help others, listen to 15 people all at once, keep track of information, and do it all with a smile
Photography studio- see the best in people, celebrate life's events, be there in the right moment
Jewelry Sales- find out the needs of others, figure out what they can do, help them to see they can do it, make them happy with their accomplishments
Children's Shoe Sales- meet the needs of others, find the best fit, handle crying and snot, and gross things with ease and act like nothing even phases you, breathe and handle everything that comes my way
Marketing- ask and answer a ton of questions, learn names and faces rapidly, convince others I/ we are great at what we do

I think all of these things are integral pieces of what makes me good & also love my job.
everything happens for a reason. I did not love all of those jobs, but they  all taught me something. I think the same is true with people in my life, everyone is there for a reason. Some people are there to teach me, others to keep me sane, some to hold me in check, and others I am apart of their life to teach, help, love them.

I believe that every moment in my life has led me to this place... this moment.. this time...
if I had changed one step I might never fall in love...
never had had my son...
never become a teacher...

everything happens for a reason, sometimes the reason is above what my feeble brain can understand.