Have you ever had a very good but very unexpected (in the circumstances) happen to you?

[CryJustALittleBit]

In the early 2010s I got back in touch with someone unexpectedly and it absolutely transformed my life - we’d had a row 5 years earlier and I never thought I’d get to make up with this person. So, for instance in 2005 I was so down I struggled to get out of bed and in 2010 I was on a high.

Since that time, I’ve thought more about my life and over the years I’ve had 9 very good and very unexpected events happen to me. The first was in February 1987 and the last in June of last year.

Just to say that some of the things are more ‘freakishly’ unexpected than others - iyswim - but they all had a beneficial effect and were unexpected

Just to say - if there’s anyone out there in a bad place at the moment - hang on in there - good unexpected things do happen !

I use to feel lucky, say if an unexpected bill came up I would get an opportunity to earn extra money or a tax rebate to cover it. I got the jobs/house I wanted things just always worked out.

But for the past ten years I've had bad luck, every year several awful things happening. I hoped 2025 would see a fresh start but unfortunately I had something awful happen in November 2024 and it is still happening.

I was always grateful during my good luck

So sorry to hear this fingers crossed things improve