My Journey with Divine Timing
Okay, so today I wanted to talk about something I’ve really seen play out in my own life – this idea people call ‘divine timing’. It sounds a bit out there, maybe, but stick with me. I’m not talking about magic, just… how things sometimes line up in ways you don’t expect, and only later do you see why.
A few years back, I was absolutely set on getting this one particular job. I mean, totally fixated. It felt like the perfect next step, the dream role, everything. I spent weeks prepping my application, really polished my resume, practiced for the interview like crazy. I went through multiple rounds, felt like I nailed every single one. I was already picturing myself working there.
Then, I got the email. Rejection. Just a standard “we went with another candidate” thing. Man, I was gutted. Seriously crushed. I felt like I’d wasted so much time and energy. It felt unfair, like the timing was all wrong. Why didn’t they see I was the right fit? I spent a good week just moping around, feeling like a failure.
Because I needed work, I ended up taking a different job. It wasn’t flashy, wasn’t the ‘dream’, but it paid the bills and seemed stable enough. Honestly, I wasn’t thrilled. I sort of just went through the motions for the first couple of months, still thinking about that other job I missed out on.
How Things Unfolded
About six months into this ‘okay’ job, I ran into someone who used to work at the ‘dream’ company. We got chatting, and I mentioned I’d applied there. His eyes kind of widened. He told me they’d just gone through a massive restructuring, like, huge layoffs. And guess which department got hit the hardest? Yep, the exact one I would have been in.
It hit me like a ton of bricks. If I had gotten that job, the one I wanted so badly:
- I probably would have moved, maybe bought a place near the office.
- I would have been maybe 3-4 months into the role when the layoffs hit.
- I would have been back to square one, maybe in a new city with new expenses.
Suddenly, that rejection didn’t feel like a failure anymore. It felt like… protection? Like something steered me away from a really messy situation.
And the ‘okay’ job? It turned out to be pretty good. Stable, like I thought, but also surprisingly challenging in ways I didn’t expect. I learned a ton of new skills I wouldn’t have picked up otherwise. I met some really solid people who ended up being important connections later on. It wasn’t the path I thought I wanted, but looking back, it was exactly the path I needed at that time.
So, that’s my little story about divine timing. It wasn’t about praying and getting exactly what I asked for. It was about things not going my way, feeling frustrated, and then later realizing that the timing, the way things actually happened, was perfect. It saved me a lot of trouble and put me on a different, better track. Funny how things work out, isn’t it?
