On Monday afternoons, my daughter has gymnastics. That evening, I planned to make flatbreads for dinner but in order for that to happen on a gymnastics night, I needed to make the flatbreads the day before or the morning of, which I didn't. So after gymnastics, we made a quick stop at the store to pick up a pizza crust. I grabbed a package of thin crusts, and headed to the check-out with the kids. As I put our items on the belt, I realized that I had inadvertently grabbed two packages! I thought about putting the extra one back, but then decided I could just throw it in the freezer to have for next time.
Fast forward to dinner prep and I opened one of the packages of pizza crust. To my annoyance, it was moldy! As I opened the second one, I prayed it would be edible. And it was. The irony was not lost on me--if I hadn't accidentally grabbed that second package, and decided to keep it anyway, we'd be having a dinner crisis. And if I hadn't opened the moldy one first, it would be in the freezer right now, waiting to give me an unpleasant surprise the next time I decided to make a pizza!
So, what do you make of it? I always say: everything happens for a reason! (Needless to say, I made a quick run to the store this morning before work to return the moldy pizza crust...)
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Glad things worked out. It is annoying when we buy something, get it home, and find out it is not usable. It has happened to me as well.
ReplyDeleteI bet if we really stopped to notice it, we'd find many places in our lives where things happened as if they were supposed to -- even if we don't see why at first. Thanks for reminding me of that message!
ReplyDeleteSometimes (most times) the universe gives us exactly what we need. I really believe that, and the more I believe it, the more it happens!
ReplyDeleteSerendipity or happenstance is real, you just proved it.
ReplyDeleteI'm a firm believer in "everything happens for a reason! " and, in having Jimmy Johns on speed dial ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm a firm believer in "everything happens for a reason!" And, in having Jimmy Johns on speed dial! ;)
ReplyDeleteGood example of things happening for a reason. Sometimes it is not so easy to see the reason. Sometimes the reason doesn't show up until much later, but I believe, too, that everything happens for a reason.
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