No Way to Avoid the Train if You're on the Right Track at the Right Time

Call it coincidence or lucky if that makes you more comfortable, but I'll tell you it's just the way the universe works. I was in Columbus, OH last week to visit OSU & attend the ICA Fitness Symposium. I hosted a couple of meetings for anyone interested in a Chiropractic career and visited advisors on the campus.

I met Vivian, a student at OSU, the last time I visited OSU's campus. She showed up to a drop-in Coffee & Career Talk that I hosted at Caribou Coffee. Vivian is great - she is that person who lights up the room with her excitement & passion. Through the course of her schooling, she had considered several career options, but none of them seemed to quite fit... until she found Chiropractic.

Vivian has already applied & knows her start date for the Chiropractic program at Life University, but she wanted to see me again just to say hello & find out what new & exciting things I could tell her about the campus. Unfortunately, I received a message from her saying she couldn't attend any of my events because she had just started a new job. I told her that I would check the conference schedule for the weekend & we would try to work something out.

Thursday evening, after trekking around OSU's campus for a day & a half, I arrived at the event hotel for the Fitness Symposium. I thought about curling up in my room & ordering in, but decided that the opportunity to network while eating at the hotel restaurant was a better option. I was tired, over-hungry, and not quite all together. As I approached the host stand, I found myself staring at the woman behind it.

Do you ever have that moment when you know that something or someone is familiar, but you can't quite place them because they're not in the context that you know them from?

The woman was watching me... and then we smiled at the same time. It was Vivian!

"Of all the gin joints in all the towns, in all the world, she walks into mine."

There is no way to avoid the train if you're on the right track at the right time.

Indestructible

We all know the feeling - like you're at the top of the world, 1st in line, or at least your 'inbox' is empty. In that moment all is right in the world & there is a feeling that, if only for a second, you are indestructible.

It's a very telling moment about who we are deep inside. Do you relish the high of the moment, basking in your greatness? Do you try and tell as many others as possible of your greatness? Or do you truly capitalize on the your attitude and challenge yourself to see how much better it can get?

Today is one of those days for me. There's no particular reason behind it - I had a great, energizing workout, ate yummy egg bake (prepared last night & re-heated in the microwave), am sipping chai tea, and received an encouraging email from a friend who trains chiropractic assistants. I'm on that intangible high. I'll bask in it for a minute or two, but really, I want to see how long I can sustain it while reaching for a higher level.

When was your last 'high' in life? Who are the people that build you up? Do you have passion in multiple areas of your life?

If you can't remember, don't know, and think I'm crazy... are you willing to take that step & strive towards more?