August 15, 2004
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Ellen's 3rd Law of Life
Life has taken some interesting turns of late.
Here is what I know.
If something is yours, it doesn't matter if they give it to someone else first. It doesn't matter if someone else has it. It just doesn't matter. If it belongs to you it is just a question of time ...
If you are wondering how I know this I will give you an example. Actually I could give you many examples, but my mind cannot remember the other ones right now. I suffer from living in the moment a little too much. But, this is the one I do remember, because it happened to me this week.
About 3 months ago, I applied for a job for which I was spectacularly qualified. I interviewed. It all looked good, until they offered the position to someone else. Okay, I was disappointed, as anyone would be. Rejection is rejection. I was also a bit confused. I thought I was the best person for the job even though I didn't know the other person applying. In any case I soon accepted the loss, and continued on as I was before. Hey, my feelers are generally accurate but they are not 100% accurate.
I slipped back into a happy state of inertia - playing computer games by the pool, working occasionally with a training or consultation. I will tend to obey Newton's First Law Motion with a profound adherence. This Law states that "An object at rest tends to stay at rest unless acted upon by an outside force."
Last week I received an unexpected phone call. "Are you still interested in the position? The person we hired has quit."
Well, I fudged the law a tad...but it definitely fits my existential style. I wasn't doing much before the job offer and continued in that mode until an external force moved me! I have been at the new job for a week and have been more busy than I have in the last 4 years.
HA! If the item is yours, you will get it any which way.....it just may take more time.
It isn't a perfect job! But then I am not a perfect person.
Comments (5)
i'm so happy for you! i believe that the universe (or university as my martini drinking friend calls it) will provide, if we only let it. i too had a dream job fall through and since then have gotten another part-time job, and i still think that maybe someday i'll get the other position. the place did call me after they hired someone and asked if they could keep me on file for the future, so that's something.
I've had amazing good luck with jobs in my life. I must have done something to make someone upstairs happy, because I'm always taken care of. The important shit, anyway.
That rocks for you, glad you got hte job.
Aedaha.
um... i wanted to give you props too, but i don't seem to be able too?? verbal props!!
I'm glad you got the job.
Trying to apply this law to my own life doesn't work though 
That's great! Does it have anything to do with the items listed under "Expertise"?
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