You are in the right time of your life for the right thing to happen

You know how some things stay fresh in your memory like it was only yesterday when you first heard them?

The kind of thing you know you never want to forget?

Back when I was a just few years out of college, I traveled a lot with a product line manager I was working with at the time. His name was Don.

He was about twenty years further down the road than I was at the time. (For some reason, I’m having trouble saying the word ‘older’). We got along well from the start, which is a good thing given the amount of time we shared on the road visiting suppliers.

I’m guessing I was around twenty-four or five. It was around the time when I was starting to expand the age range of people I would consider friends. That’s about when most of us start meeting and working with people outside the familiar range of a year or two like when you were in school.

I share that to put it into context. People I trusted at the time were all about my age. Of course, I had looked up to some family members, teachers, pastors, bosses, and the like in the past.

But this was still a new kind of relationship.

I never thought of this until now, but Don was sort of an accidental mentor for the few months we worked together.

He shared one very important perspective with me for which I’ll always be grateful. One afternoon, we were sitting in my cubicle going over a parts status or something at least as stimulating.

Whatever it happened to be, I promise you it was exciting subject matter.

Our conversation drifted from work to more personal, getting to know each other, topics.

I don’t remember how we got on to the subject. Being the smart-ass I’ve always been, I probably said something like…

“You know Don, you’re not bad for an old guy.”

That’s a 45ish “old guy” for the record. And I was young and stupid enough to say something like that.

Don took it as the compliment it was meant to be. After all, that’s what a “not bad for an old guy” does.

Anyway, Don proceeded, humbly, of course, to share why he tended to agree with what I had said…

I’ve always made sure I kept my outlook in the right place.”

He went on to explain that he and his wife had always been able to seamlessly transition from one season of their life together to the next… and have a great time doing it.

Although I can’t say this for sure, I’m remembering they must have been high school sweethearts. The point is they had been together for a long time.

We’ve always embraced our next steps. We’ve always looked forward to each new part of life as a new adventure.”

That was the wisdom he shared with me that afternoon. The way to always be “not too bad for an old guy,” is to look forward and embrace each new season of life as it comes. When you start resisting, that’s when life gets uncomfortable.

That’s when it can turn sour, even outright bitter for some.

It doesn’t matter… time is going to come and time is going to pass, regardless of where you choose to keep your head in the matter.

I owe the spark that brought back this memory today to a good friend and virtual guide, Scott Anthony. I say virtual because he lives half-way around the world and all the way down under. (I try not to get too used to how much we have at our fingertips).

Here’s a quote from his post this morning to a Facebook group he sponsors—

Keep believing you are in the right time of your life for the right thing to happen.”

I love that. Such powerful words packed into one small sentence. That’s a pretty amazing outlook to have, and a great perspective that can serve us all well.

Scott’s right there with Don.

I wasn’t even looking for it, but I also came across this quote today from author, Lewis Carroll

In the end…we only regret the chances we didn’t take, the relationships we were afraid to have, and the decisions we waited too long to make.”

But, there’s no need for regret. Because now is the right time…

What do you think?

Make the right things happen for you, my friend.

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