Be ready when opportunity comes...Luck is the time when preparation and opportunity meet.
Roy D. Chapin Jr.

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Could This be the Start of Something Enchanting?

Enchanting April . . . That's where this all started . . . a movie, a feeling, a fresh new month and start!
1.  MOVIE: In truth the movie wasn't a favorite but the idea of four unlikely women going on an unlikely holiday for the month of April, based only on an emotional whim to the enticing advertisement of "wisteria & sunshine" was a start.

2. FEELING: While dealing with my own motivational demons and trying to "grab hold of life by the balls" (thank you Holly), reflection told me it's time to continue preparing for the next step . . . even if it isn't ready for me yet!


3. FRESH NEW MONTH: Lucky me, I am standing on April's doorstep ready to enter!  I did some research trying to figure out if there was something magical about the month of April and why I too was feeling as though it would breathe new life into me.  We all know that April showers bring May flowers and it is time for things to come out of hibernation, get planted and start to feel Spring's effects.  But did you know that April is known as Aphrodite's Month as well, named after the Greek goddess of all things love, beauty, fertility and desire?  Now that just has me thinking that I should do my spring cleaning in a sexy toga (or nothing at all) this year to really feel the full affects of what April stands for . . . perhaps an April Fool's joke.

4. FRESH NEW START: So I've deduced that if these four ladies from the movie gain great insight in April . . . and I have a feeling that I need to find my next step . . . and I'm ready to enter April myself . . . then what the hell do I have to lose? Afterall, I just outlined the favorable conditions that are present!

How does that land me here in Blogger-land?  I have a need to learn through others, share with others and grow with others . . . above all I can't see myself pouring out my self discovery on Facebook . . . but this is an opportunity to do just that and save me 15 phone calls a night to fill everyone in on "Sarah's latest revelation".  I hope that I might be able to expose a bit of my own drama, ideas, inspiration, motivation and whatever I'm going through and the lessons I have learned (and am learning) to your benifit and vice versa.

Hence the name of the blog, I wanted a word that would give us all something to be hopefull and positive about.  I wanted everyone who reads this to feel empowered when finished and to be able to say "and this too shall pass" if they are having a bad day or "it is what it is" even if it means the point of no return. 

Everyone should be able to have that kind of realization and forward movement since life is both Lucky and Propitious if we just allow it to be.  Accept your challenges and move through them as even a rollercoaster has to reach bottom before it can move to the top again because good things don't just happen out of luck but conditions are favorable because you are ready.