I was texting New Brazilian Friend, asking him if he wanted to trade jobs for the night, cause I was dreading going to "teach" the two Monday/Wednesday kids. He wrote write back and said no thanks, cause he loved his job too much.
As soon as I read his message, I started thinking...
I've always been the girl to tell people not to continue doing something if it makes them unhappy. I have slowly grown into the type of girl who believes life is what you make it, and intends to not only preach this philosophy, but be an example of it.
I absolutely adore my life here in Madrid now. The only only ONLY thing that I dread are those classes every Monday and Wednesday from 5:30-7:00. So what was I doing still going to them and complaining about them to someone I'd only met four days before!?
I, of all people, know better.
And so on my walk to their house, I told myself that this would be my last week with them. And then I would quit and the universe would help me find some new lessons with actual motivated and sweet students who I could truly help and teach instead of babysit. Punto pelota.
I immediately began to feel lighter and happier, and I hadn't even reached their door yet! :) How great would it be to have a life in which I truly loved every single detail!? Imagine! And this was my last big barrier. Whew!
After the lesson, I carried on as usual... Went home and had dinner with my favoritest roomies ever (how I'd missed them while I was AWOL this weekend!) and relaxed on my bed, recounting all my stories of the weekend to Abby. The whole time, in the back of my head I was waiting for somebody to contact me about lessons. I didn't know who or how they'd get my number necessarily - just that the universe was contacting them to contact me and everything was already in motion.
So if course, that was when I got the Whatsapp message who knows who's mom, saying her son's English tutor had just gotten a new job and was I interested in the position.
All I could do was smile and bounce on my bed. :) BAMF, Universe. BAMF.
I responded and set up a time to start tutoring her son in two weeks. ^_^ I still don't know how she got my number, but I did figure out it's a 3rd grade boy from my favorite teacher's class - so I know he'll know he can't speak English with me and I'll be able to ask his teacher what she thinks he needs work on! Yay!
Fifteen minutes later I read a post on my Master's group's Facebook group that my friend new of a lady in downtown Madrid who was dying to start classes and really wanted a fun teacher. I wrote him immediately for her contact info and sent her a cheery email with my background and availability. This morning I got a really enthusiastic response from here telling me how excited she was to get my email and would like to start next week!
*crazy squeal of happiness!!!!!*
And so I wrote New Brazilian Friend and thanked him for inspiring me to do something about what was making me unhappy instead of continue to just complain about it and continue to dread it. I told him what I'd done and how it'd worked out. He wrote me back and told me I was the craziest girl he'd ever met. Hahahahaha!
I prefer unique. ;)
Or BAMF.
Tee hee!!!
This is by far not the first thing like this has happened... But every time it does, I never quite know what to make of it. I feel like a braggart telling people about it - and they look at me like it was just serendipity and luck - but I think there's something far more intense going on. It takes chutzpah to decide to change something rather than complain about it. And it takes a crazy amount of courage to place your faith in the universe and ask if for what you want and be willing to wait for it... look for it... get ready for it... Etc. I honestly think had I not decided to quit, I wouldn't have gotten that mom to write - or I would have given the job to my friends. I wouldn't have read my friend's post and I wouldn't have written him for more info. So it wasn't just a lucky coincidence really... It was a very intential and divinely inspired chain of events. At least, that's how I see it. So, thanks Universe. And thanks, Conor. Thanks for listening to little me and thanks for your super quick response. I am open to any requests you have for me, as well. Just let me know. ;)
XOXO
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