Do you believe...

in magic...in a young girl's heart?  Oops, sorry...that's not what I wanted.

Coincidence?  Do you believe in coincidence?

Do you believe that we just walk through life and random things happen to us or don't happen to us totally by accident?

Or do you believe that everything happens to us for a reason, for a learning experience, to bring us the support we need at the time we need it, to show us just who really is in control of our lives?

I'm not getting into a discussion here over God, Buddha, Allah, Spirit, Kismet, or anything in between - I believe in a combination of God and Spirit or God in the Spiritual sense.  I was raised in a German Lutheran home - of course, I believe in God.  Anyway, not my point.

I believe that my life was totally changed by one broken pop bottle.

In this past well, wow - it's been almost a year already, since my we'll call it a "coincidence" changed my life path.  I look back at the sad, lost, miserable, hurt person that I was then.  When I go back, in my mind to the day of my "coincidence", I can actually see the black cloud looming over my head.

My sister was here for a day or so, on a pass through, heading home.  We took some time to go check out downtown, parked and walked over to check out a little specialty foods store.  I didn't pay any attention to where we had parked.  I was excited to find that this store carried gourmet cherry cola - well, 1 - Cherry is my A#1, most favorite ever, and B - the girl said it's really close to a cherry cola that I tried up north a few years ago.  With that, I was sold.  I bought a bottle and a couple different flavors of hummus.

We were walking back to my truck, talking, not paying much attention, I switched hands with my purchase, dropped it and my coveted bottle of cherry cola broke!  Thankfully, it was all contained within the bag but, oh man!  My sister took my other purchases while I cleaned up the mess and I was to meet her at the truck but, when I got back, she wasn't there.

I looked up and I knew right where she went.  I looked up and I see the store I had parked in front of Reflexions Plus.  I knew.  I knew that's where she went.  I opened the door and I saw my sister but, I also saw this woman with short, crazy blond hair.  I saw her and I had this overwhelming sense of I need to spend time with this woman, I need to know her, to work with her, I need her in my life - I don't know why - I just do! 

I told myself that I was going to attend the Community Reiki night they offer and I did.  And I haven't looked back.  I've taken a few classes in the shop.  It's now one of the places I'm selling my soaps.  It's a place I love to visit and all of the people I have met there are simply fantastic!

My life, my thoughts, my dreams, my goals all took on a totally new direction since that day.  I mean - I certainly never thought I'd be making soap as a side job!  I never thought I'd drop a day from my full-time job.  Do I believe this change in my life was simply a coincidence?  I certainly don't.  Do I believe that our lives are predestined, that our paths have already been created?  Yes, I do.  Do I believe that the path can change based on the choices that we make or don't make, yes I do.

I, I believe that my life was totally changed by one broken pop bottle.  It wasn't a coincidence.  I was supposed to drop that bag.  I was supposed to meet that crazy haired lady.  I was supposed to find new energy and new passions for my self.  It was already in my path.