How many times have you gotten in what appears to be the shortest line at the checkout of your local grocery store, only to watch all the lines around you move at a much quicker pace? It can happen at any store where you have to get in line to pay for your items.

There are situations that turn that shortest appearing line into one that will take longer than any other line in the store. For instance, the person directly in front of you has some trouble paying or decides they don’t want an item that has already been rung up. Or the register tape runs out and the clerk messes up putting in a new one because “there are people waiting” and the stress makes her fumble. There are never ending possibilities of potential delays and there you are standing in the shortest line that has become the longest in terms of getting out of the store. You do know what I’m talking about, don’t you?

 You may say, “Sure that’s happened to me, but what does it have to do with Life Coaching or Intentional Prosperity?”

My answer… Things aren’t always what they appear and the way that your prosperity and abundance manifests isn’t always in the manner you would expect. Sometimes the wait is for your growth or for your safety.

For example, you’re in a hurry and you want to just get in and out of the store and back on the road to wherever you were headed. You stand there in the shortest-longest line fuming, but on the way to your destination, you notice there was a accident. Had you been in the shortest-fastest line you would have been right on time for a collision with an unpleasant or possibly even worse event. Sure, this is an extreme example, but it does happen.

What I’m saying, as a Life Coach, is that sometimes there is a very good reason for things not working the way you would like them to at a certain moment. The best thing to do when it appears that things are not going your way, is to relax. Yes, Relax! Accept that the situation you are in will resolve in the amount of time it needs to and the result will be in your best interests. Yes, sometimes you have to be patient. But remember everything always works out for the best when you are self-aware and growing.

Of course next time you could try the longest line and see what lessons you learn from standing in that one.

To your personal growth and dreams,

- Gwen Baran