What can go right?…

Ask yourself , “what can go right?” Isn’t that a magical question? And it’s the one we rarely ask ourselves. Before setting out on their voyage, the Orton family planned for worst-case scenarios and for many things to go wrong (which they did throughout the trip). However, while they had prepared for the worst, there was also the wondrous surprise of things going beautifully right. When we begin something new, we spend a lot of time bracing ourselves for the hard stuff. It is important to remember to also lean into the good stuff.

— Whitney Johnson (CEO of WLJ Advisors, award winning author, world-class keynote speaker, frequent lecturer at Harvard Business School’s Corporate Learning and executive coach and advisor to CEO’s) 

I experienced a delightful turn of events myself recently. My boyfriend, his son and I wanted to staycation in our fine city for a night over the Labour Day weekend and struggled to find the right accommodations. Preferably, we wanted a hotel suite with two rooms and at least one bathroom. We managed to overpay for a less than ideal room with a pull out bed in the main room and bathroom inside the master bedroom, which would mean our teenager would have to enter our room to go to the bedroom. Yuck, but our options were limited, so we forged on. We checked in, went upstairs and entered our room only to find someone’s suitcase on the bed, coat hanging in the closet and the key folder sitting by the hotel room door. We stopped dead in our tracks and all agreed nothing like this had ever happened in our lives. We tried to call down to the front desk, but no one picked up, so we lugged all our crap downstairs again, where there was a HUGE check in line. Ugh. I decided to speak with the concierge and he was simply amazing. He was also astounded and apologetic. He asked for our forgiveness and our patience for a few more moments. He went away for a few minutes and came back with a beauty of a room for us. We ended up with a two bedroom, two bathroom (at opposite sides of the room, offering sweet privacy), a kitchen, living room and overall spaciousness. We were giddy. How’s that for an example of what can go right, Lol. Our room was worth at least double what we paid. Yay! Just sayin’ ;) Hugs. XO

Blessings,

Chatgirl