In my post on the 11th, I mentioned I wanted to share some examples of Random Good Fortune I’ve had.   I promised I’d share a few examples I came up with immediately when I started thinking about it.

There’s a few examples of just fun fleeting moments, and then there’s some examples of paths crossing that ultimately had a profound, lasting and sometimes daily impact on my life.  And then there’s my hope for the future.  I’ve met a few people in the past month that I’m completely excited about what might be next.  Inspiring people who I’ve learned from already, just by the way they live their life.  I hope if I reach out to them, I’ll have something they can benefit from as well.

I’ll put some examples out here today, and the rest out here tomorrow. I hope you’ll be inspired to tell me about your Random Good Fortune…plus, I hope you’ll go out and find some more yourself!

I met someone who worked at Jamba Juice.  She gave me a taste of Pumpkin Smash.  ‘Not so much’ for me, I didn’t really want any more, and with a wrinkled nose, I told her that regardless of how it tasted (which was yummy), the look of it reminded me of sweet potatoes all smashed up and nasty.  You know the ones they hide under marshmallows at Thanxgiving?  We had a great conversation where I learned about Garnet Sweet Potatoes, available at Central market.  You slice them about 1/4″ thick, bake them in the oven with a little butter, salt and brown sugar and then have some asparagus with them.  I told her how I fix asparagus.  I put it on a little bit of foil so it doesn’t stick to the pan, drizzle olive oil and put feta and shredded parmesan cheese on top of it.  I put that in my toaster oven on 375 for about 6 minutes.  Now?  We both have a new idea for dinner, I got a taste of Thanxgiving from that smoothie and we had a good giggle over Asparagus Pee.

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I went into Phoenicia Bakery to get a gyro after I got my hair cut chemo short by accident.  A guy there was completely engrossed in his iPhone, so I stuck my nose in his business to ask him what he was doing.  He’s playing Solitaire.  I checked it out.  40 Solitaire Games.  He laughed when I said these iPhone Apps were like Heroin Hits.  99 cents, 1.99, you barely noticed, and then you were addicted.  The productivity cost, though, oh, MY, they’re time sucking holes!   I told him I’ve been writing App A Day posts about iPhone apps for a week now, and that I really love my iPhone.  It was a bit gray outside, and although I know we need the rain, I needed a little sun.  That laugh with him gave it to me.

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On Thursday, I went to an eWomen Network meeting.  I’d met Carol Thompson at the austin woman Magazine breakfast a week earlier, but only for a moment.  So many people were around her, I didn’t want to butt in.  I’d seen the invitation to go to the eWomen Network meeting this past week, and I’d seen that Carol was the speaker.  So it wasn’t random that I was at eWomen Network.   And speak she did.  And of course, it was brilliant.  Inspiring in a bunch of different ways.  Validating on some interesting levels, too.  I sent her a thank you card today.  I hope she knows I really mean it.  Will I see her again?  I hope so, but I don’t know.  Her kindred spirit validates me, and her words of inspiration will stay in my heart regardless.

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And then, the random part. I had a conversation with someone I’ve seen around.  It was a person @dquack put me in touch with just a day or so earlier because I’m looking for a transcriptionist.  We’ve seen each other before.  When I saw her at eWomen, I think she complimented me on my weight loss if I remember correctly and asked me a few questions about it.  When we left, we started talking.  I was all ready to share what I’d done to lose weight with her.  Instead, the conversation went a completely different direction, and I’ve had a brain buzz for the past two days thinking of all the possibilities for us to work together on some projects I’ve had banging around in my head for awhile.

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