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Some things are just meant to be.

I remember many years ago when I first began in the real estate industry, I would often hear the older , more experienced realtor®s in my office quoting these sayings ‘ What is meant to be is meant to be.’ and ‘Things happen for a reason’ and ‘ if you missed this one, it is because there is something better in store for you down the road’.

They would peal these sayings out in great and soft voices with knowing smiles on their faces at , what appeared to me, the most incongruent times.
Times when their buyer had just lost out on the perfect house . Times when the client of a fellow realtor who he/she had been working with for months and months suddenly decided to jump ship and bought through someone else.

I would gaze at these wise , older realtors and wonder just what were they talking about ? What did they know that I didn’t ? Could they possibly be right or were they just spewing non-sensical words to soften the situation? I often wondered.

As the years went by I found those exact sayings falling from my own vocal cords during stressful times in my clients real estate dealings. They always came from my heart, because I had learned , through experience, that they were afterall, true.

Time and time again in the early years of my real estate practice I had seen it happen. A young couple I would be working with would miss out on what they thought was the perfect house. They would be downtrodden and disheartened. I would encourage their spirits and we would continue the search only to find that very shortly after they had missed the ‘PERFECT’ house, 'THE' perfect house had come on the market and this time it had all fallen into place as the universe had deemed it should.

I no longer question these sayings. They are a fact of life to me now in this industry. There is a force at work behind the scenes at all times and I am but a humble facilitator following my cues to bring it together.

My clients who place their faith and trust in this underlying force and subsequently in myself as a tool of that force, are the ones who most often see their greatest dreams come true.

Posted by Jo-Anne Smith-Belleville, Quinte and Prince Edward Region Real Estate, Ont. on 06/08/2007 11:32 AM

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8 Comments on Some things are just meant to be.

Yes Jo-Anne (nice name) It is very true - hard to take at the time of loss perhaps - but true. I will take it one step further. The Book says that: all things happen for good to those who love the Lord ...."

06/08/2007 11:43 AM

by Joan Snodgrass Tri-Lakes Realtors, Shell Knob, MO (Tri- Lakes REALTORS)

Hello Jo-Anne

Very well put. One step further is when your customers really like you and call you, or better yet stop in and say " We wanted to let you know that we think you are a super agent, and we wanted to let you know we found a home, put an offer in on it, and guess what? We got it. Isn't that great."

All I was able to do is look back at them and say " Wow, that's great"

I enjoy ready your posts. They raelly are in a class of their own. I always look forward to reading the new ones.

Regards

Tom

06/08/2007 12:12 PM

by Tom Braatz, South Eastern Wisconsin (Tom Braatz)

Yep. What else can you say, right Tom ? Water under the bridge is water under the bridge. I learned to tell myself long ago in order to survive the ups and downs of this industry (and life) 'Oh well, put on another layer of skin'. The trick is to stay open and sensitive and become toughened at the same time.

Thanks for the compliment about my posts...it's mutual, I assure you.

06/08/2007 12:18 PM

by Jo-Anne Smith-Belleville, Quinte and Prince Edward Region Real Estate, Ont. (Royal Lepage Proalliance Realty, Brokerage)

I am always amazed when a past client comes and leaves a note on blog reiterating how happy they are. I find that to be one of the best parts of blogging. "Stopping in" to say hi has become virtual office style via the blog.

06/08/2007 12:20 PM

by ARDELL DellaLoggia (Sound Realty)

Thanks for stopping by Joan ! Similarly to your saying I have always said ' all things happen towards the good for those who walk the path.' Have you ever read Paulo Coelho's Manual of the Warrior of Light ? It's astounding in it's wisdom with respect to this very subject.

Hope you're having a wonderful day,

06/08/2007 12:22 PM

by Jo-Anne Smith-Belleville, Quinte and Prince Edward Region Real Estate, Ont. (Royal Lepage Proalliance Realty, Brokerage)

I agree wholeheartedly, Ardell . I haven't started to publisize my real estae blogs much yet since they are relatively new and lacking a lot of good content so far, but I will soon and I hope that the odd client stops by to say hello !

thanks ,

06/08/2007 04:48 PM

by Jo-Anne Smith-Belleville, Quinte and Prince Edward Region Real Estate, Ont. (Royal Lepage Proalliance Realty, Brokerage)

Jo, Wise words from a very wise woman. I don't happen to believe that you find anything, I think the right things find you! My grandmother said alot of those things that you heard and I figured out years ago that she was right! You're an inspiration on AR!

06/08/2007 08:26 PM

by Carole Provenzale Owner, Feng Shui Long Island & New York (Feng Shui Long Island & New York City)

Good morning Carole !

Thank your for your kind words.

I tend to agree with you . This is such an indepth subject, attracting, finding, etc. I remember reading a quote somewhere that said something like 'whatever you are seeking, it is also seeking you ' . Another one that comes to mind is 'build it and they will come' .

Oh My. Too early in the morning for me to be philosophizing ....

Your Grandmother sounds like a very lovely woman.

Hope you have the kind of day you most enjoy,

06/09/2007 06:51 AM

by Jo-Anne Smith-Belleville, Quinte and Prince Edward Region Real Estate, Ont. (Royal Lepage Proalliance Realty, Brokerage)