What a bear taught me about timing...

When I got home from school drop-off this morning I sat in the car for another 10 or so minutes writing a post for Instagram. 

After I hit the button, I walked inside, as I always do, put my mug on the counter and looked out the sliding glass doors only to be surprised by a pretty sizable black bear staring back at me. 

Just 7 feet from the door, this beautiful creature stopped and locked eyes with me before the dog even noticed it was there.

I shouted at Ben in his office to come see it and started snapping photos/videos to capture this miraculous moment. 

It hung out for about a minute before the dog started barking and it lumbered its way to the end of the point and swam across the channel to the other shore.

It was exhilarating, exciting and total first for us here in our back yard. 

It also got me thinking about timing.

Had I not taken the time to finish writing that post and proceeded with my plan of going for a paddle, I would have been outside with the dog at the time of the bear's visit. 

Had I taken longer to write it, I may have missed the encounter entirely.

But that's not the way it went...

Somehow the stars aligned for me to walk in the house at the exact moment the bear was just outside the door AND...I could share this message and story with you.

I could not have planned this if I tried.

But that's how divine timing works, doesn't it?

The invitation arises when we least expect it.

The opportunity lands in the inbox on a random Wednesday afternoon or we bump into someone at the hardware store or the playground and suddenly a whole world opens for us.

The trouble is, we're often so busy trying to choreograph and coordinate the good that comes to us, we miss the divine invitations being delivered without any effort at all.

There is never going to be a perfect time for your highest good to land on your doorstep.

What if it nothing was actually random, at all? 

What if waiting for the perfect timing was actually the problem, in and of itself?

Over controlling and perfectionism are the reason so many of us struggle to reach the success we crave.

Being paralyzed with the obsession of wanting things to be "just right" is the antithesis of progress and an affliction so many of us are guilty of perpetuating. 

What would it look like to start RIGHT NOW with the way things are?

What would it feel like to let what you bring to the table be enough - messy house, kids all over the place, extra few pounds and beyond?

There are people who need what you know, I can guarantee you this.

Now it's time to do something with it.

The time is now.