Programmation to get what you want in life - Part 2

I was newly dating a cute, short, brown haired guy, yet I had "ordered" a tall, dark haired guy.  I knew that he was not the man I had described in detail on my programmation list.  I thought at first that I could just play along and see where life took us, but that was the way I had always done things.  This time I wanted things to be different.  This time I wanted things to work out for us.

I had been invited to attend a gathering of co-workers for drinks before the Christmas holidays, and I invited my short, brown haired guy.  Fortuitously, he couldn't make it. Oh well I thought.  I still wanted to go.  When I first arrived, my eyes focused on this amazing looking, dark haired guy.  He was sitting nearby, surrounded by friends/co-workers.  Our eyes met each other over and over again, yet the evening progressed with nothing more than a quick smile.

Some of my co-workers wanted to grab a bite with me elsewhere.  I looked at him and thought to myself that I guess he's not "the one".  I was gathering my belongings and heading to the door when suddenly he was in front of me!  It was crazy.  How did he get there so fast I thought.  He told me that he had wanted to meet me all night, but saw that I was surrounded by friends and looked busy. He said that he'd noticed I was leaving, but wanted to know if  I would call him if he gave me his phone number.  I looked up at this tall, dark, beautiful man and blurted out "yes!"  I was so happy and couldn't stop thinking of him all night, and haven't stopped now 10 years later!  Mark truly was everything I had ordered, everything I had written on my list.

It's amazing that the two of us were both there, single that night.  I found out from Mark later, that some of his co-workers had been trying to set him up with someone, and they were preparing to go on a date.  He also told me that he had nearly driven home and missed this evening, but at the last minute changed his mind, and decided to go after all.  As mentioned earlier, I had invited the short, brown haired guy to attend with me.  As fate would have it, he couldn't.  Further, I had a male friend in the US who was going through some difficulties whom I had invited to stay at my place.  Had he been in town, I would not have been there, and Mark later told me that there was no way he would have approached me if I was with another guy.

My mind can go in circles trying to determine just how much fate intervened that evening.  Did we meet by chance or were we programmed to be there that night?  No one can answer that, but I do know that making my list made what I wanted in a partner crystal clear to me, and when we met, I knew he was the one for me.  There is a saying that when the student is ready, the teacher will appear, but it could aptly apply here:  when I was ready, my partner would appear.  All I had to do was make my list and believe that I would get what I had ordered.  And I did!  There is so much more to say on this topic that I decided to make this part of a trilogy.  My next blog will discuss how I got the other most important person in my life.