How Will We Get Through This? Helaine Iris © 2003“Trust in God but tie up your camel” — Indian proverb
I always dreamed of going to Australia. It’s been most consistent travel desire I’ve had. So last year when my husband informed me that professional association that he belongs to was holding their next conference in Australia, I got really excited.
He invited me to join him and we’re been intending to make trip yet staying open to possibility that it might not be financial feasible for us to go. This past week it became clear that it was time to decide. We needed to make reservations if we were going.
Making situation more complex and emotionally charged, conference was scheduled during my husbands fiftieth birthday. We agreed months ago that it was important to be together for this milestone birthday.
Meanwhile, a few months ago, after a financially stressful time, I decided to direct my energy toward building a financial reserve. This was one of valuable lessons I learned from my first year in full time practice. For most of my adult years I’ve been focusing on living my life and not saving for future. Suddenly, It hit me, at age 45 I’ve got some catching up to do. Now did not seem like time to spend major dollars on a trip to Australia.
Simultaneously, my husband was getting in touch with how important it was to him, and critical to development of his business, that he make it to conference. He was standing in a position of trust that universe would provide resources necessary. He was putting need to build a financial reserve on back burner. I’m sure you can see where this was going.