I am a planner. I’ve done it for most of my area. I do it for our family when it comes to trips and projects. I think I get it from my dad. I’ve always felt that if you have a plan and fall short, say you accomplish 75% of your goal/plan, you’re far better off than if you’d had no plan at all.

HOWEVER, what happens when your plants) go off the rails. You get blindsided? How do you respond? Do you keep your emotions in check, or allow them to run you?

We just celebrated Noah’s 24th birthday. Hard to believe. We adopted him on July 4, 2000. He was a typical 4 month old baby. Over the months he was developing typically. All was going according to “plan”, or so we thought. By age 3 the word “autism” was in our daily vocabulary and there was no plan. The old one was thrown out the proverbial window. Our new plan was adapt and change. Over the years we have done our best to formulate and maintain plans as best we could.

Business. Last year I sold my half of our business. I still maintain my investment business. My “plan”(in my dreams) would have been for the transition to go smoothly, clients to adorn me with lots of well-wishes, etc. Well, that wasn’t how it worked out. I do love my old clients(and I think they love me(😉), but my relationship with my former partner is strained. The transition wasn’t smooth. It didn’t go according to plan.

As I look back at circumstances in my life, especially in the last 4 years or so, I am struck by the realization that all thins in my ARE going according to plan, God’s plan. As a believer, I know that God has me in the exact place he wants me. My life is his. My plan must be his plan, and that, my friends, is the BEST plan you can have.

Be well,

Jeff