I nearly bought a car the other week. A beautiful little creme mini cooper convertable. I missed out on this little treasure though. A missed opportunity to buy this wee thing.

After telling the owner we’d call him the next day and going to sort out insurance etc he sold it early the next morning to somebody else. We thought it was our sold sign up online. Turns out it wasn’t and he ghosted us not returning messages.

Was I angry? No. Disappointed for sure but also a little relieved. Remaining a 1 car household for a while longer is really not going to be a huge dilemma. It can be somewhat inconvenient but it’s rarely a huge issue & it has saved us a lot of money over time. It has prompted me though to organise changing my license as I’m now in a different state and it was one of the things that was going to need to be taken care of to allow all this to happen. I’ll be ready when I decide to go looking again. The research has been done now and I’ll be more prepared next time.

It also got me thinking about missed opportunities though. In many cases sadness over a missed or lost opportunity was unnecessary and all has turned out to have been for the best. Allowing something better to come along, or saving effort, problems, money, mistakes or grief. So far, there has always been another opportunity down the road to buy, to do, to have, to love and I am grateful for that and I realise that for the most part I have not needed to fret or fear. In missing out that weekend it reminded me of all the good that has come into my life because of the things I have missed out on.

I’m not sure who needed to hear that today or the day you stumbled across this post. That even though it may not be a “Thank goodness for missed opportunities” it is very definitely a “Try not to fret so much” another bus, another item, another job or opportunity or friend or love is very likely on their way and in due course will arrive. Until then, continue to enjoy all the other things in life.

Till next time.

Love always

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