If you don’t believe this then you’re just not paying attention! After writing a book about my life I saw a common theme that everything happened for a reason. Even a situation so devastating it makes you feel like you’re being punished, has a reason for happening. Sometimes it takes a long time to figure out why that happened but when you figure it out, it’s like an epiphany! When I failed out of college, I felt like a loser that had nothing going for me anymore. After a year or two, I joined the Army and that turned out to be the best thing I ever did for myself. That service afforded me an amazing career in the civilian world and best of all, I became a mother while I was in the Army. Even though my college door closed, it allowed the Army door to open and that has been one of the biggest blessings of my life! Was it my original plan? No, but so many great things have happened to me because of my college failure. Just like the butterfly effect, that failure made many things possible. Best of all, I have a loving husband and family all because of my unplanned life path. Who would’ve thought?