What's Timing Got to Do with it?

Ever wonder if what you are doing right now has anything to do with the rest of your life? 
I have thought that every time I've changed jobs or geographic locations.  "How's this going to matter in my life?"  How does this have anything to do with what I know or how I've been trained?"

I've heard that your life is a culmination of all your experiences.  So, does it make any difference that I have probably moved to different states at least 12 times and in several other locations within those states 2 to 3 times?  How does that fit into the rest of my thought processes and how I do things?

One thing that I know is that early on I learned that you need to watch the people you are around for the unspoken nuances and ways they do things to get your own clues for how things are said and done. 

 For example, when I was 6 we moved to San Diego, CA from Valley,Alabama.  I was enrolled in 1st grade and learned quickly that my teacher did not like me because of my southern accent.  She told my mother that I thought I could smile and that would keep me out of trouble.  I also learned that I could change the way I sounded to be "more acceptable" to the people around me, and unconsciously made an effort to "lose" my accent where ever we lived.  Occasionally I'm told that someone detects a bit of an accent, but I'm often told I don't sound like I'm from the south.

Life is weird! About the time you think you have something down pat and you are sailing along...it changes.  At least it does for me.  So, it isn't strange for us to decide to pick up and move somewhere else or decide that we need a change of scenery.  I guess some people think that is unstable.  I always thought of it as adventurous!  But I also know people who have never moved out of their childhood home,let alone out of state.  I'll bet that person looks at life differently than I do, and it has shaped how they will do things in the future.

So, I look over the past experiences of my life and wonder, even now, when am I going to use this...and I have caught myself in the past asking the same question. 

 Today is an example of that coming around.  A student was trying to find out the difference between Copernicus, Aristotle and Galileo. 

If you are anything like me...I couldn't have cared less who they were when I was in high school...I just knew they were old guys that lived long ago and had something to do with astronomy, math or science.  But today we were looking each of these dudes up and learning the difference.  Go Figure!

I have asked myself in the last few months, "How in the world did I end up here?"  But I'm rather enjoying the interaction with the students and faculty...brushing up on my History and English and all the other subjects.  It comes a bit at a time and I have to do my homework, but I am certainly having to retrieve some of the very things I thought I would never have to recite again.  I guess my early life of moving and experiencing new things and new cultures helped to shape my ability to accept change as a way of life...and to roll with it.

I guess timing has a lot to do with everything...eventually.  Sometime in your life you will need that tidbit of information for what ever reason.  And it may even help you in place you thought you'd never go. I find that most of my experiences have helped me to related to the questions with a fresh perspective and sometimes another way of approaching a solution.  Some people call that creativity. 

 Albeit, aggravating and stressful at times, I hope I can embrace the "timing" and live in the moment.  And ask myself again..."What's this got to do with my life"?