I can remember the last few years I was disappointed because things didn't happen when I wanted them too. I wanted to be in a hurry, stressed myself, while others were applying the pressure to produce results. At the same time I ended up in the Netherlands with a 5 Year pass and the opportunity to focus on entrepreneur and making my dream to become an author reality.
I wanted this to happen in 2012. I was furious because of other people's ideas and restrictions. I was upset when my professor's wouldn't allow me to do my internship at DHS in 2011. What I've learned is that just because something looks like a delay or an obstacle it may just be directing you and keeping you in alignment with your
goals.
I wasn't ready in 2012 leadership wise or where I am today to start a business. There were lots of things I needed to learn first. DHS wouldn't have put me in alignment with now. The internship that I had did. Every job I had before I got to the Netherlands lined me up with the right people to get here. An English professor, and entrepreneur, people that had connections to where I want to be in life.
I want to fly the mountain sometimes. I don't always get what I want, I get what I need to become my full potential. I might not like the people sometimes, I may love them. And like today when you're ready for another lesson the next people arrive to take you down a different road to learn what you need to do, because others didn't do the job.
The right things happen in your life at the right time when you're ready. Those lessons can be just about anything? In choosing your mentors, in handling your emotions, learning communication, learning whether you need certain people in your life to become a success, believing in yourself, learning patience, learning to stay positive even things look dim, learning to hang on even when you're tired. There are different lessons every step of the way.
The most important is knowing everything will work out in the end, maybe not how you may imagine it happening or when you want to happen. Delays happen sometimes for good reasons. For example, if I was any earlier in the Netherlands we would have paid $2000 for my permit and for one year. Instead it was $200 for five years. lol So I never question delays anymore.