The Morning Pep Talk #14: FATE

"Life is always at some turning point."

- Irwan Edman

Good morning to the JWT Nation. Here is the word I want to focus on for today...

FATE

Have you ever had something good happen, or something bad happen, or met somebody amazing, or had a heartbreaking experience, and then looked back and said "what are the chances of that happening to me?"

I know I have. You're nodding your head because you have, too.

You play WHAT IF in your head... what if I wouldn't have gone in that store, what if I'd gone here instead of there, what if I'd said no, what if I'd said yes...

What if, what if, what if???

When if you stop and think about the thousand things that led you up to that moment in your life, what are the chances of you being right then and there, at that exact moment in time? And then you realize, it was just fate. It was meant to be.

In my own life, I know I've said "wow look how lucky I am, I got this job" only to get that job and then have an awful, awful car wreck. Then I said "why me? This isn't fair" only to see that wreck lead me directly to meeting amazing people I never would have met if not for the wreck.

My point is, in life there are things beyond our control. Sometimes we're right where we're supposed to be and an amazing opportunity comes along, or we meet the right person at the right time, and it's all because of fate.

So as you go through your day today, I want you to stop and look around. Because do you remember that "what if" moment from a month ago, or maybe a year ago? You didn't know it was fate back then, when it happened, but hindsight is 20/20. My point is, pay attention, because maybe fate will walk right up and punch you in the face today. It's happened before.

Now get out there and have yourself a great day. Help somebody else if you can. Be amazing. You can do it. I believe in you :)

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