I once heard the affirmation, “I am always in the right place at the right time.” I added “with right action” at the end. I used it for the travel aspect in making my transportation connections and in general over this past weekend when I visited a friend.

I’d had a somewhat exhausting week and was eager to get to her home which I refer to as Eden. Her home is designed as one where you can really recharge your body, mind, and spirit...unless there are things going on. Once I arrived, it quickly became a vortex of activity. The affirmation came to life when after a long-enough evening, we visited a neighbor quite late. I said to my friend when we arrived there, “I’m very tired. Let’s not stay long.” The neighbor had a guest, a young man who shared he’d decided to use this summer to look at his life and make key decisions. He asked deep, intelligent questions that started a significant dialogue and I found my second wind.

It didn’t take long to realize my presence there was meant to be and that my training as a life coach was a good thing (though not actively coaching at this time). His primary question was one that had everyone else throwing out comments right and left. As a coach, I’m trained to listen with “different ears” and arranged for the young man and I to have a private conversation.

Coaches not only learn how to listen, but how to listen for the right questions so we can assist people to move forward quickly. We know they have answers appropriate for themselves within if they just clear the clutter of thoughts and beliefs, as well as the static of other people’s opinions out of the way. It was basically a 30-minute session (the standard length of a coaching call); and it changed his life. Naturally, I was feeling pretty good, as well, about helping someone.

He invited my friend and me to join him for dinner the next evening, and being in the right place at the right time was taken to a pretty neat level. It’s a dinner the three of us won’t soon forget. Our private table was set on the terrace of the old Guggenheim summer mansion, perfectly aligned with the very long tree-lined alley that starts at the end of the large lawn. Three votive candles and a three-quarter moon on a clear night illuminated us as we dined on perfectly prepared food, sipped excellent wine he’d stocked in the cellar, and enjoyed engaging conversation and much laughter for hours. As lovely as this was, even better was that this young man and I became fast friends.

The previous day when I’d had a good “tired” on, I’d seriously considered returning home so I could rest. Had I done so, I would have missed one of the best evenings of my life and a memory that brings joy upon reflection. Sometimes we think our schedule has to be adhered to, and sometimes it does. Sometimes, we need to flow with the go. Next time you’re tense about how things “seem” to be going, repeat the affirmation a few times and trust it. You never know what spectacular event or person may be waiting for you to show up.

Author's Bio: 

Joyce Shafer is a life empowerment coach and author of, “I Don’t Want to be Your Guru, but I Have Something to Say” (www.joyceshafer.com and http://www.lulu.com/content/773467 ), “How to Have What You REALLY Want” (http://www.lulu.com/content/796351 ), and is published in various online and hardcopy venues. You can email her at jls1422@yahoo.com.