You Will Have Another Opportunity
The Pivot: Stepping Out on Faith: A Note from One SisterFriend to Another
For the women who have done the work, shown up overly prepared, and still not chosen this time–this moment may feel final, but it is not complete.
What did not happen here is not the only thing unfolding.
There are conversations you have not had yet.
There are rooms you have not entered yet.
Decisions are still being made that you cannot see.
Do not close your story too soon.
Stay present in this moment long enough to recognize what is yet to come.
With love,
Belinda
SisterFriend Reflection: You Will Have Another Opportunity
”Hope is a song in a weary throat.”
—Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray
There is something my mother used to say when things didn’t go the way I hoped. I don’t remember her exact words. But. I remember what she would not let me believe, that one moment could decide everything. If something didn’t work out, she would shift my attention, not to what had closed, but to what might still be ahead. As a woman of faith, she would say, “God has a plan.”
When I was younger, I didn’t always understand it. Disappointment has a way of narrowing your view. It makes the moment feel final. Like something important has passed you by. But over time, I’ve come to understand what she was trying to give me.
Not false hope but a different way of seeing. That what didn’t happen is not the only thing unfolding. That something else, something you cannot yet see, may already be taking shape.
It may come through a conversation you almost didn’t have.
A room you were not planning to enter.
A small invitation that doesn’t look important at first.
You will have another opportunity.
It may not look like the one you expected.
It may not arrive when you think it should.
But it will come.
And when it does, you want to recognize it.
Not still holding on to what didn’t happen.
Not turned away in disappointment.
But open enough to see what is now possible.
Purpose Meets Strategy (Take 10 Minutes)
Take 10 minutes (or more) and think of three specific places where you could show up next.
Not the same opportunity.
Just real, practical options.
For example:
another organization or space where your idea fits
a person you could reach out to or follow up with
a setting where you could share your work in a different way
Write them down. Then choose one and take a small step–send a message, ask a question, or open the conversation.
You are not starting over. You are staying in motion. You are doing what my mother did for me: shifting your attention to what is possible.
May you remember that one moment is not your whole story.
May you lift your eyes toward what has not yet arrived.
And may you be ready to walk through the next open door.
If this reflection resonates with you, share it with a SisterFriend who might need it today.