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it.”It’s the weirdest sensation.For years, I haven’t been able to get back into teaching in the school district where I live. After I opted to stay home for the early years with my kids, I lost my active references, which I describe in more detail, <a href="https://readmedium.com/dont-entirely-quit-your-job-to-be-a-stay-at-home-mom-90d5959c4978">here.</a> Without active managerial references, I wasn’t allowed to pass through even just the application stage, and then I ended up working independently contracted in other avenues for years, but just a few months ago, out of nowhere and uninstigated by me, a woman called me from the human resources department at the school district.She asked me if I was still interested in teaching. Of course, I said, ‘yes.’ This was something I had really wanted all along, whereupon she told me that since they were in such a shortage they have changed the references need where they would allow for personal references, too.I jumped on it and reapplied with personal references, but a couple of weeks later, I was denied, again, stating that my personal references couldn’t be old co-workers or friends. I had no one, so I gave up, again, and went back to my life as it was.Two weeks later, I was meditating on the couch when my phone rang. Ignoring it, because I was meditating, I happened to let it go to voicemail. When I was done, I looked, and it was the school district. The voicemail said to call them, and if I was still interested in employment. I knew from the refusal letter I didn’t have the right references, so it wasn’t going to be worth it. I ignored the call. I was tired of trying to get in at this point. This was something I’ve been continuously denied since my divorce in 2009 and each denial, would send my heart into depression.I was tired and I was just done trying.Two days later, I found another voicemail on my phone. ‘I can help you with your application if you can call me.’Whatever. I picked up the phone, to explain that, yes, I would love to work there, but that I didn’t have references that weren’t friends or old co-workers since I’ve been working independently for the past six years, and she stated that she had a loophole for me to get past that. She said where it states on the application, ‘Manager’ to put in my personal friend, contact, or old coworker’s name, and then in their title portion, to put down they are ‘Personal References’.It was worth a shot, so I did, and in that very same week, my references had been calle

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d, and not a week later, my application had been pushed through.It’s been over thirteen years of trying and failing, and I’m now finally back working in the school district. Someone was helping me because I had given up. I was no longer even trying. This woman called me out of nowhere and didn’t give up when I ignored her calls.Money’s been really tight, and on my second day of work in my new teaching position, while checking into the Teacher’s Lounge, a man asked the room, whose car it was that had the Faerie Sticker on it.It was mine.I love Faeries and have had a real interest in their lore now for years. He stated that his mother had passed a few months ago and that she had a huge collection of Faerie Items that I could have if I wanted them, so, of course, I said, ‘yes.’Thinking these were just a few items, I met him in the teacher's parking lot a few days later. To my surprise and shock, he had several boxes full of items and two huge bags of fully framed and matted pictures.When I got home and had time to sort through the items, my shock fell even further. This was not just a couple of figurines. There were over 100 very well-preserved antiques — many with actual serial numbers stating Limited Editions.Figurines, music boxes, dolls, art pieces, photos, and collectible plates — all very old antiques.I looked up one item and it was selling for $130 on multiple sites.While I’m going to keep a few of these I really like, there is no way I’m keeping all of them. I’m going to sell a lot of them, and it just feels that this was a gift, as well.The fact, that it’s coming from the angle of Faeries just makes me feel warm inside. Again, it feels like something bigger out there, fate, or the Universe has sent me a gift. It feels like someone’s finally helping me get the push I need to move ahead.My car broke down, again, and I thought, ‘Oh, no. Here it is,” but when I brought it into the shop, the guys told me after they had fixed it, that they weren’t going to charge me, since it had been part of the same issue that I had it brought in for before, and that was on them.I hope to all there is, that writing this isn’t going to jinx this, but it really feels like something out there is changing, and that the Universe is actually stepping in to help me, even when it has to go against my own doubt and negativity.Has anyone else ever felt this way?Thank you for reading. ❤</article></body>

Sometimes the Universe Gives a Little Push

When the directions in life get changed on you

For the longest time, I thought I was cursed. Bad things seemed to just continuously happen to me. When something did start to happen to me that was good or in a direction of positive — there would always be something else that would fall and come crashing down so that I would never get ahead or to a better place of being.

I always remained exactly where I was no matter how hard I tried. At least on some level. Emotional growth was happening, and I was learning from these experiences, but the physical world around me and my situational status, were never changing. It was like the world continuously kept me in this balanced low-ish life status place of never getting ahead financially, job-wise, relationship-wise, or truly having any real peace in my life.

For example, the second I started to have a break and started making more money and was going to finally pay off my credit card bill, my car broke down and it needed nearly $2000 in car repairs. The second I finally won in court about a certain custody issue, I lost my relationship with a person I really loved and was crumbled with massive heartache. Life has kept me in a place where even when the good happens, I could never really be happy or allowed to enjoy it, because of the impending negative thing that would also share its space.

These are just two examples. My entire life has been this way up until this point, from much finer details to big major things such as the ones I listed and more.

I wasn’t always this pessimistic, but the world has continued to prove this is my fate ... up until now.

Part of me thinks I should be weirdly scared, considering my past records of the fall coming into pair with better things that happen to me, but something about this feels different. It feels like something is turning in the air, and the reason why is because I’ve been fighting against these current positive movements, and yet, it’s as if the Universe is actually pushing back at me and literally stepping in to help me, saying, “No. You’ve had enough. Now we are directing and helping you whether or not you like it.”

It’s the weirdest sensation.

For years, I haven’t been able to get back into teaching in the school district where I live. After I opted to stay home for the early years with my kids, I lost my active references, which I describe in more detail, here. Without active managerial references, I wasn’t allowed to pass through even just the application stage, and then I ended up working independently contracted in other avenues for years, but just a few months ago, out of nowhere and uninstigated by me, a woman called me from the human resources department at the school district.

She asked me if I was still interested in teaching. Of course, I said, ‘yes.’ This was something I had really wanted all along, whereupon she told me that since they were in such a shortage they have changed the references need where they would allow for personal references, too.

I jumped on it and reapplied with personal references, but a couple of weeks later, I was denied, again, stating that my personal references couldn’t be old co-workers or friends. I had no one, so I gave up, again, and went back to my life as it was.

Two weeks later, I was meditating on the couch when my phone rang. Ignoring it, because I was meditating, I happened to let it go to voicemail. When I was done, I looked, and it was the school district. The voicemail said to call them, and if I was still interested in employment. I knew from the refusal letter I didn’t have the right references, so it wasn’t going to be worth it. I ignored the call. I was tired of trying to get in at this point. This was something I’ve been continuously denied since my divorce in 2009 and each denial, would send my heart into depression.

I was tired and I was just done trying.

Two days later, I found another voicemail on my phone. ‘I can help you with your application if you can call me.’

Whatever. I picked up the phone, to explain that, yes, I would love to work there, but that I didn’t have references that weren’t friends or old co-workers since I’ve been working independently for the past six years, and she stated that she had a loophole for me to get past that. She said where it states on the application, ‘Manager’ to put in my personal friend, contact, or old coworker’s name, and then in their title portion, to put down they are ‘Personal References’.

It was worth a shot, so I did, and in that very same week, my references had been called, and not a week later, my application had been pushed through.

It’s been over thirteen years of trying and failing, and I’m now finally back working in the school district. Someone was helping me because I had given up. I was no longer even trying. This woman called me out of nowhere and didn’t give up when I ignored her calls.

Money’s been really tight, and on my second day of work in my new teaching position, while checking into the Teacher’s Lounge, a man asked the room, whose car it was that had the Faerie Sticker on it.

It was mine.

I love Faeries and have had a real interest in their lore now for years. He stated that his mother had passed a few months ago and that she had a huge collection of Faerie Items that I could have if I wanted them, so, of course, I said, ‘yes.’

Thinking these were just a few items, I met him in the teacher's parking lot a few days later. To my surprise and shock, he had several boxes full of items and two huge bags of fully framed and matted pictures.

When I got home and had time to sort through the items, my shock fell even further. This was not just a couple of figurines. There were over 100 very well-preserved antiques — many with actual serial numbers stating Limited Editions.

Figurines, music boxes, dolls, art pieces, photos, and collectible plates — all very old antiques.

I looked up one item and it was selling for $130 on multiple sites.

While I’m going to keep a few of these I really like, there is no way I’m keeping all of them. I’m going to sell a lot of them, and it just feels that this was a gift, as well.

The fact, that it’s coming from the angle of Faeries just makes me feel warm inside. Again, it feels like something bigger out there, fate, or the Universe has sent me a gift. It feels like someone’s finally helping me get the push I need to move ahead.

My car broke down, again, and I thought, ‘Oh, no. Here it is,” but when I brought it into the shop, the guys told me after they had fixed it, that they weren’t going to charge me, since it had been part of the same issue that I had it brought in for before, and that was on them.

I hope to all there is, that writing this isn’t going to jinx this, but it really feels like something out there is changing, and that the Universe is actually stepping in to help me, even when it has to go against my own doubt and negativity.

Has anyone else ever felt this way?

Thank you for reading. ❤