Make a plan and remain flexible

I have a favorite morning meditation that I often listen to created by Johnathan Lehmann.  It's just 10 minutes and if you want to listen, click here. He talks about  seven affirmations that set us up fora  great day.The first one is very powerful: Make plans and remain flexible.I always wanted to live in France for a year and I definitely wanted to go with Matt and the kids.  I thought Chamonix would be a fantastic place for us to live.  The kids would go to school and Matt and I would head out to Mount Blanc to adventure.  We'd travel all over Europe having the year of our lives!Matt owns his own law firm in our town and a few years years ago he broke the news to me.  "I can not go to France.  No way.  I am just too busy."While I whole-heartedly understood his news on a cerebral level, I was disappointed.  I tried to talk him into it.  I pointed out that with the power of intention he could do anything that he wanted.  He astutely responded  with the reality that if he left town for a year, his clients will find a new attorney.Darn.The dream was on pause for a few years.  It wasn't until two years ago in September, 2016 that the door opened up once again.  My dearest friend, Whitney and her family came to Park City and stayed at Stein Erickson Lodge.  Our families match up perfectly: Henry & Brewster;  Lila &  Sadie; Greg & Matt; Whitney & me.On the Sunday morning that they were in town, I met Whitney for yoga at the Lodge.  We headed to the Spa after and were having a "life talk" in the hot-tub.  I brought up France and my disappointment that we couldn't go at because of Matt.  Whitney encouraged me to be open to all possibilities.  Maybe go for a summer?  Or a semester?  I remember feeling like a spoiled child who knew what I wanted and couldn't have it....No, I want to go for a year.  I was stuck.I didn't decide that day to change my plan from a year with Matt to a semester with just the kids.  But Whitney reminded me to be flexible.