Sometimes, home renovation can lead to career renovation!…such as with Empire Today, for example…
Sometimes opportunities are around the corner…we just don't know it. But if we stay open and alert, things can sometimes happen by serendipity. I'm going to say more about that word because I find it fascinating, but first I've got a good example of what I mean. Some of my family members and I got together to have our grandparents' bathroom redone for them. Among us was a cousin who's been looking for a job. We had Empire Today do the floors, and as my cousin was talking with the installers, they mentioned Empire Today Careers. Turns out my cousin found a job with them! So besides this being a good example of staying open to opportunities, it's also a chance to talk about this fabulous word: serendipity. While the modern use of the word focuses mainly on an unexpected discovery of a good thing, the original meaning included also an aspect of "sagacity," or wisdom. This meant, then, also having the wisdom to recognize the unexpected good thing, to realize it for what it offers. So the accidental happening, and the wisdom to know it, is the full meaning of the word. Well, I think I can say that my cousin, while helping our grandparents, and recognizing an unexpected opportunity, demonstrated the full meaning of "serendipity!" Here's wishing each of us whatever incidence of serendipity would best suit us!…may that also include a lovely renovated bathroom!