Funny how things work out

[Alan H]

There's a reason for this post, but I'll l eave it between myself and the folks for whom I wrote it. Nonetheless, I thought it was worth repeating, just because, well.....because.

I remember once a long, long, long time ago, when I was approaching 20 years old but not there yet, when I was bonkers for a girl named Debbie. While we were friends, my "attentions" weren't returned. At one point it got pretty bad, I got kind of depressed and couldn't sleep. The third night, after tossing for a few hours I prayed to God to lift this depression from me for just a few hours so that I could sleep.

And incredibly, God did exactly that. And I slept. It was a turning point in my relationship with my creator. Now I suppose that some skeptics might tell me that I convinced myself that God was doing this, or whatever, and I'm not insisting that anybody BELIEVE this. I'm not proselytizing about religion, I'm just telling you what happened from my perspective, and it's actually peripheral to the main point of the story. Let's move on.

Funny thing is, that girl grew up and moved away and married a nice guy and I married the Luminous Joan and lo and behold about fifteen years ago I was playing in my symphony and we were doing a piece with a local chorus, and hey....that's Debbie in the Alto section and that's Hugh in the Basses. We've gotten together a few times over the years, they had one of our mama cats kittens for years, and in fact now she works at Stanford, just a ten minute walk from my office. We have coffee now and then. She's still beautiful, all these years later, and we're friends just like we were back in 1974 and 1975.

You just kind of never know.

[Panache]

Accepting what is and understanding that "this too shall pass" is the cornerstone of wisdom.

Hope your friends appreciated you sharing your experience.

Cheers

Jamie

[Rex_Tremende]

And maybe if God doesn't grant sleep, He'll send down a few skeins of yarn to keep one occupied with some new kilt hose projects in the wee hours, instead.

I do love the perspective that a few years' time offers.

Regards,
Rex.

[emolas]

Kinda reminds me of the Garth Brooks song "unanswered prayers". Though, he prayed for the girl and not sleep. But, the point being, if you had hooked up with Debbie way back when, you may never have met the love of your life.

[ardchoille]

Yes, there is a grand plan. And, even though we may not see it, we must persevere.

"Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." --Hebrews 11:1

[Clockwork John]

It never ceases to amaze me how God always gives us exactly what we need... but not always what we want.

[Marshal Moroni]

As I have said many times to my children, most of whom are adults, without the experience that comes with the passing of time it is almost impossible to have the perspective to understand many of life's mysteries.

Additionally, having faith and acting upon it is one of our Father's greatest gifts, it is the ultimate expression of free agency. That and understanding and accepting the consequences of our choices.

Oops, hope I didn't get to religiously philosophical....

Kindest Regards,

Marshal Moroni

[Mipi]

My wife always says, when something bad happens:" You never know what is this good for". And, oh boy, she's always right on this!!!!!!!!!

Amen

[cessna152towser]

The older I become the more convinced I am that our lives are planned by a higher power - so many things happen in our lives over which we have no control.

[12stones]

This story reminds me of the song by Garth Brooks "Unanswered Prayers" and the basic theme is about God not answering a prayer that you thought you wanted and years later finding out that He was right in not answering it.