I spent a couple of hours this afternoon with one of my mango connections. In the last two weeks, a series of possibilities opened up for me. I believe that they did because I put a very strong intention that I needed something by the end of May to stabilize my income. I have been sending out resumes to various job positions while trying to navigate the REO business. I was open to working in something outside of the real estate arena as well. But it really irked me that I have all this real estate experience and it was going to waste. It seemed like door after door kept closing on me.
It is during these times that one tends to get desperate. I wasn’t despairing so much because I have learned to trust my gut(and because writing here has given me more strength to stay positive). I also gave myself the gift to feel the pain I was feeling for the loss of Sparky. Maybe that is why the opportunities didn’t happen. Maybe I needed the time to spend with Sparky in these last months and give him tons of love.(even though at times he drove me crazy with that wound).
So tomorrow I am going to start working with a base pay plus bonus to assist a real estate broker that is very busy with leads. I am going to be kind of like his right hand person for now. The idea is to help him with his sales administratively so he can build capital for other commercial real estate projects. At the moment it is a team of about five people. I am going to give it a try for 90 days. I like their vision and hopefully we can all work together. Again I am taking it day by day. But at least, finally, something is more concrete. It has been a long dry spell oozing with many life lessons. And the great thing is that is is literally within walking distance from my house.
I always had the idea that working with a partner gives greater results. My goal was that my real estate deals would finance my publishing. I have been focused on both businesses in this past year day and night. I wanted to have a back up plan in case I flopped with the REO business. Hopefully one day soon, my book will be published. If it is not supposed to ever happen, that’s OK. I have learned to surrender to each moment. And every day, I am always surprised, just like this mango connection.
As soon as I left the office, there was a double rainbow in my view. Was it a sign? I think it is a sign that I am being led in the right direction. And if later, I am meant to be somewhere else, I know again to allow myself to be led to the best place. It is all about trust, persistence, patience, and yes butterflies and rainbows and a very big greater force. Everyone else there in this office saw the rainbow. It made me and everyone there smile. After I got home, I told my son about it, got him in the car to go show him the rainbow. Only 20 minutes had passed, but by then more rain clouds had covered up the rainbows. Too bad the camera lens on my phone didn’t get the full view. I’m glad I caught the view in that precise moment.
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