Hey guys, I remember being so completely peed off when we couldn't sell our house. We were desperate to get over to NZ and were sitting watching house prices going up and the lifestyle we wanted disappearing up the Swanea. We were also aware that if we didn't sell within a certain time frame we'd have to put off moving because of where our oldest daughter would be in her schooling. We felt like it was never going to happen. But then I started to think about things from a different perspective as I realised that I was being quite narrow minded. When you're caught up in a situation you usually only see things from one point of view and when things aren't happening the way you want them to, you feel as though you are being prevented from moving on. Feeling like this was just making me anxious and frustrated and even a little resentful and that is not a good frame of mind to be in. It's not productive or in the least bit helpful to any situation so after a while I decided to try and just let things be. Instead of thinking about all the things I wanted to happen and all the things I couldn't have, I switched to just getting on with stuff and making the most of what I did have. I began enjoying the moment with the realisation that these times would soon be left behind. I felt loads better about myself once my focus was back on what mattered i.e. today. And whaddya know, within weeks we had two offers on the house on the same day when we hadn't previously had one offer in two years!
Everything in it's own good time peeps! Things happen when they're supposed to happen. We didn't sell when we wanted to and that put our plans back at least 18 months. That's 18 months of house price rises, 18 months of us having to pay rental fees on a house in the UK we had no intention of renting initially (because Lauren was then at the stage in her schooling i.e GCSE's when we couldn't take her out) obviously eating into our capital, 18 months of Lauren making stronger and more important relationships with friends i.e. harder for her to leave behind. But maybe that was all supposed to happen for a reason. Maybe Lauren was supposed to make strong friendships so that she could learn how to deal with the pain of leaving them behind. Maybe this will teach her things about herself and help to make her a stronger person. Maybe NZ just wasn't ready to offer us what we needed at that point. Maybe I was supposed to wait to come here. Maybe other things had to move into place first. And I think this because since being here we haven't had to wait for anything, we haven't really had to look for anything, it's found us almost as if it was meant to happen.
Bide your time girlies. Greater forces are at work. Enjoy what you have and just relax knowing that everything will happen when it's good and ready. Have faith
