I'm sure we all have doppelgangers, or at least someone who is relatively similar to us. But I started thinking the world was full of people who shared my same make up, because people are constantly telling me they know my twin. Maybe I have an all american face...
The other day my friend Karen asked me to meet her and some friends at Paddy Jack's Grill for their trivia nite. My mind is always swimming with random thoughts, but trivia isn't usually a part of them, though it did sound like fun.
We were at a table with eight people so it was inevitable that within our group we could come up with at least one or two intelligent answers, so if I could be any help at all I would be thrilled (For the record, I knew the answer to the campfire dessert was S'mores:). After contributing to the first question and getting that hard one out of the way my job was done, and I left all of the easy ones up to the rest of the group:)
Towards the end of the evening the next question was going to be on literature. Someone at our table said "Hey Jennifer, this should be right up your alley since you're a writer!" I got this rush because I always wanted to publish a book, and just knew someday I would be guided on how to do it.
I asked Jennifer if she had actually published a book herself. She told me she was in the process of co authoring one right now. My eyes lit up because I knew this was my chance to figure out how it's done.
Before long we were deep in conversation and Jennifer knew my whole life story and I also knew hers. We discovered that our lives were oddly similar. Not only did we each have three children, we both hoped to be motivational speakers someday, as well as writers. Fate has drawn me to others in the past... was this fate again??
Jennifer mentioned that she has a friend who could be my twin. I said people tell me that all the time. But I think the reason for that isn't because I have an "all american" face, as much as an "all American" spirit, because within five minutes of someone meeting me they usually know exactly who I am, and everyone knows someone just like me. If they didn't know who I was, then how would they know I have a twin??
Further in the conversation I mentioned how sometimes I feel like the universe is all mine, and everyone around me is an instrument in my life. Jennifer totally agreed that this was how it worked. Our energy attracts people and therefore we draw them into our own universe. That's why things always have a way of working out, because we attract others to be our support.
I told Jennifer this makes perfect sense because it was an outside force that steered me into riding in the Bike To The Bay, and then my energy attracted over 40 riders to join my team. It's all a process.
Of course, just to put this to the test, I asked Jennifer if she rode a bike, and she admitted she hadn't been on one since the ten speed bike she rode back in her high school days. When I mentioned I ride in the MS Bike To The Bay with 30 years of MS under my belt, and believed she could do it as well, she was hooked. My new BFF was now anxious to join my team.
Have a great Day!!
Christine:)
Tam trivia is such a great way to meet people! My friend and I were adopted by a team one night in Marietta, Georgia, because I knew "Save The Last Dance For Me" from the first 2 notes. I mentioned it and my friend passed it on to the table next to us who was playing and they gave us 2 f the Alabama Slammers they won for that question and invited us on the team. I have that song on my Playlist now and think of that night (25 years ago) every time I hear that song.
ReplyDeleteI'd had my magical networking the year before when I happened to be having lunch at the CNN food court next to a writer from Headline News that turned into the movie montage intro of my first solo vacation. But you definitely do attract the help you need if you're just open to accept it!