Is this another Let go and Let God? A bit of a long story about yesterday.
My sponsor/friend mentioned to me a couple of months ago that there was a cabinetmaking class at a local college and asked if I'd be interested in attending. I said "yes" but never did much about it as I was involved in "other things" with the World Cup being in progress and occupying a good lot of my time. Last Friday he asked again and I checked the class, which began yesterday, for availability. It was full with a waiting list. I told Stef (I'll call him Stef.... because that's his name) the news and he, being a teacher at some colleges, said "Let's show up anyway because some students may drop or decide not to go." I said O.K.
We went and 5 minutes after class had started there were only 15 students, including the two of us. I said "This is looking good for our getting in!" Not two minutes later, in walked a group of six who HAD been registered for it. That made 19 with a max of 20 to the class. This was not looking good for us after all. The teach said we should go to Administration and get on the waiting list in case some students elected to drop the course. So we did. Stef got in immediately when he applied, I guess some had already dropped the course. I however became #1 on a waiting list. We returned to the classroom/shop and told the teacher our standings. Next, a student said that he was going to drop the day class and take the night one. I was in, and it was confirmed by e-mail from the college this morning! HURRAH!!
Good fortune! But as they say in the t.v. commercials; "BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE!!!" The Text for the course is $84 and we were going to the college bookstore to buy one to share after class The two of us stayed after class to talk to the instructor and, lo and behold, in walked a previous student with a text to sell for $40!! Bought it, That's it!
I had had a very busy and not too productive or enjoyable weekend and this was just one of those days when things look bad and then you accept what is, let go, and allow life to unfold. Let go and let God, trust in the Good Orderly Direction of the cosmos, Karma, whatever, and things just turn around. I was amazed by the time the end of the day rolled around.
Anyway...Just had to post for those of you who may be facing similar situations in your life and to say that all may not be as hopeless as it seems at the time. Good fortune to all of you wonderful fellow alkies out there!...Tim
P.S. This kind of goes hand-in-hand with Carol's posting below on learning. I'm not the greatest woodworker around, in fact, far from it. But I've never found anything I couldn't build, from a shed to reasonably fine furniture. This is just a new learning experience, the continuing, sober intake of new knowledge that makes me feel alive!
-- Edited by timverton at 14:45, 2006-08-29
-- Edited by timverton at 14:46, 2006-08-29
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Cabinet making sounds like a lot of fun, and rewarding final results!!
The bigger reward here was how God just made it happen, in spite of what it 'looked like', at first.
Going through some similar stuff right now and this just confirms that God is still in the business of working wonderful little and big miracles each and every day, from here all the way to California and back again!!
My condolences on your involvement with soccer, I guess we've all got issues. At least your honest about it. That's a start. (keep coming back)
but cabinetry can be a serious profession. Big bucks wherever you go. Know folks back in Houston driving bmw's off of stuff like that. Takes quit a bit of effort whether you've got a knack for it or not, but so does sobriety, heh?
Ryan, I know there are some big bucks out there for good quality work and I believe mine is..It just takes me soooo looooong to make things because of my back. Work an hour-and-a-half, take 45 min. to strech and make the pain go away. I don't think I'll ever be that profitable. And then there's the kinda wife. Everything I make with the intention of selling, she likes and wants to keep! Aye yai yai!! On the bright side: There's only so much "stuff" you can put in a house so I'll just keep making 'till it's full and then start selling!
The best thing about workng with wood is that I won't touch a power tool if I've had ANYTHING to drink, so it keeps me sober AND creative (and all my digits right where they are)!!...Tim
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"We posess the eyes through which the universe gazes with wonder upon its own majesty."
Feel you about the back thing... broke mine, and im a roofer. What about workbenches? stand up straight while you work? were theres a will theres a way...
