Unexpected

“It was such a stressful time my hair began to fall out!” Meme Skuas

Unexpected

It was a huge tent, filled with people.  That’s because it was a celebration of sorts; just not the expected celebration.  It wasn’t that the scheduled celebration wasn’t happening. It was.  It’s just that there was something else to celebrate.  Something that was to be discovered in a private conversation, between two people, in a middle of a large crowd.

Sometimes, very personal, very private things occur in the middle of a crowd.  You know what I’m talking about.  It’s happened to you; a time when you gazed across a vast, filled with people space and caught the eye of another.  In such a moment, your eyes and the eyes of another person became locked, spellbound.  They also spoke.

When eyes speak it is inaudible.  Yet, they say so much.  In many cases they express more than can be heard.  They speak through feeling.  And, when such communication is combined with speech, the result can be remarkable.  That’s what happened in the middle of one celebration; a remarkable conversation that ushered in the unexpected.

“It was such a stressful time my hair began to fall out!” Meme Skuas said in a heartfelt way, at the start of an unexpected conversation.

She was speaking in two ways.  First, in voice.  And, her eyes were speaking in a more moving way, a communication so powerful it seemed as if the large crowd in this place were transported away.  Far away.

“At the time I didn’t think I could live through it!”  She continued.  “I’m telling you this because I think you’ve been through something just like it.”

Meme was specific in her message to you and me.  She wanted to share it.  She wanted to celebrate it!

“Now that the pain is over, I’ve learned something miraculous.  I discovered that the experience, the lessons, the pain all worked for my good!”  She said with a paused, expectant yearning radiating through her eyes.

Unexpected!  Who would have guessed it?  The person delivering this significant message was as unexpected as the message itself.  The messenger is a dynamic, successful, happy and vibrant person.  One would never suspect she’d lived through such a trying time.  Just seeing and being with her in this moment was cause enough to celebrate, because she was a truly the vision of her message.  Everything had, and was continuing, to work for her good.

It was good to be in a huge tent, filled with people for a celebration.  That’s because it was a celebration of success; just not only the expected success.  It wasn’t that the scheduled celebration wasn’t happening. It was.  It’s just that there was something else to celebrate.  Something that was to be discovered in a private conversation, between two people, in a middle of a large crowd.

Sometimes, very personal, very private things occur in the middle of a crowd.  You know what I’m talking about.  It’s happened to you; a time when you gazed across a vast, filled with people space and caught the eye of another.  This was such a moment, two sets of eyes became locked and spellbound.  They spoke volumes about what an important truth.

Everything.  Everything in your life.  The noble, the mundane, the bad and the excruciating are all teachings.  They’re lessons.  Most often, such lessons are not expected.  Not what you and I want to experience.  Not what we’re looking for.  And, their resulting good is also unexpected.

They’re unexpected in another way too; because, as it turns out, they’re all working for our benefit.  It’s all for our good.

Everything is working for our good.