A good day may be when the engine light comes on in your car and the repair is only a thermostat and $150. A good day may also be running into more than one old friend and having the chance to visit. Or it can also be the opportunity to apply for the job of a lifetime. Yesterday I had all three.
Now the job, I realize is a risky thing. The best jobs are competitive and even if you are well versed in the work and have plenty of experience to go with it, there will always be the chance that someone else is better. I know this. Yet the opportunity to seek out what you want and love is an experience as well and should not be missed. It is part of the greatness of opportunity. I once was the one who got the job among over 80 applicants and I will never forget that feeling of accomplishment. I have hope that I will have a chance to be considered for this new position. And if I am I will be ecstatic. If I don't, my path is ahead and I continue to search for that which will make me happy.
Meeting old friends is a pleasure beyond belief. When I was here a little over a year ago trying to decide what to do with myself I met a woman about my age and we hit it off right away. Maybe we don't have so much immediately in common but we communicate in the same way and thus it is a pleasure to be together. By chance I ran into her at, of all places, the laundromat. It was wonderful catching up after a year. She and her husband are buying a house at last and she is excited. That means, however, that the house they have been living in will be available for rent. This would be a much better location for me to live, but I don't know yet what I will be doing next summer. It is perhaps fortuitous that I ran into her on the same day that I found the opportunity to apply for my dream job.
Beyond all these great chance occurrences I stopped to see an old classmate of mine. I find it interesting to talk with people I knew so long ago. We are all so different, with such different experiences of life now. I hope I can reconnect with her more while I am here.
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