Inspiration….When You Least Expect It!

We all have had times when we needed inspiration for a project or a task and couldn’t find any ideas within. The search would be on; through internet, books, magazines, or talking to family, friends and collegues. As time moved along, we would get more frustrated that we haven’t found inspiration, or ideas to move our project forward….sometimes, often times, unfortunately, we would give up.
…but every once in awhile, inspiration is staring at us in the face. When we least expect it…if we are open to it, we will be ready to recognize an idea that will help us accomplish our next task.
There are many stories of events that change peoples lives. Often called “opportunity knocking”, you need to open the door. My husband and I made the choice of me quiting my job, to raising our two young children, but I needed to find a job that would allow me to stay at home during the day, and work at night and weekends when my husband could be home with the children. I searched many places for employment, but nothing seemed to fit the time or salary we needed. Then my car broke down, and it was taken to a shop, where I had several hours of freetime before they were able to repair it. I decided to take a walk down the street to the local fast food stand. On my way, there was a little real estate office that I had driven by and seen many times before (because it was a donut shop-turned real estate office). It was usually closed, but on this day, it was open. I decided to stop in, and there behind the desk was a young man about the age of 18. Clearly he was not a real estate agent, so I began to inquire of whom I should speak to, to get a job there. Happened to be that he was the broker’s son, and the broker asked him to answer the phones for a few hours while they were in town. He directed me to his father’s other office by giving me his phone number. As I walked out, I realized that I loved the real estate business, and had taken a real estate class 10 years earlier “just for fun” that would help me move forward with a real estate career. To make a long story long….just kidding….short, I followed through with this unexpected opportunity and had a pretty nice career as a Realtor for 3 years. As my children grew up, I wanted to have the same school schedule they had, and I went back into education. But for those three years, I had enough money and a schedule that worked out with my new young family. An opportunity of inspiration, that I least expected.