Que sera,sera......or not!

The Universe continues to amaze me!As I was unpacking the Passover paraphernalia last night, I remembered that last year, we shifted our Passover meat pots to every day meat pots. This allowed us to upgrade for everyday, replacing a collection of tired mix and match pots and pans we had acquired over the years. 
Oooops! 
Now we have no meat cookware for Passover! So, added to my to-do's for the day,was finding a new cookware set......and spending more money that I just don't have right now.
Unexpected expenses are killers! 
As I cleaning out emails his morning,I came across a blast from Macy's announcing some super sale. Not being a Macy's shopper, I was just about to hit delete when I remembered that Macy's sells cookware. I opened the email, hit the button that said "kitchen",went to the drop down that said "cookware" and the very first item that popped up was a stainless steel set of pots and pans , normally $119.99...sale price $69.99....today only $29.99. Done deal!Order it on line and I get 6% back from Ebates!
The Universe......it was meant to be!
I awoke troubled at around 4 a.m. today. I remember having left myself a note a while ago to pay PSE&G. I went to my desk, moved my keyboard and there it was. Pay PSE&G April 13th!
 Crap!
There's another coupe of hundred I hadn't budgeted in this week!
I called the pay on line service ,made my way through the appropriate prompts and ended up at the one that said"we received your last payment in the amount of $xxxx on April 13th"!
Again....it was meant to be.
Well guess what? 
No it was not!
We choose to be! 
I firmly believe that our destiny is what we make of it. The opportunities are there if we look long and hard enough. It wasn't just meant to be that I got an email from Macy's. They sent it,I opened it!I could have deleted it and missed it completely.I made a conscious choice to check it out.
PSE&G? I marked my calendar. I planned a payment strategy. Thinking back, I even remember clipping my credit card to the bill on Monday, the 11th, knowing that Becky would be out on Wednesday the 13th. The Bill was due on the 14th, however I new I would be in NY all day that day. It wasn't just meant to be.
I had planned this out thoroughly.
To often I have heard "it is what it is". It was Meant to be". "It is beshert".
That sounds way to much like "there's nothing I can do about it!" "It's out of my hands!". and the absolute killer"I have no choice".
We always have a choice!
And we always have a voice!
There is no such thing as "your lot in life". 
There is only "a lot in life".....if you choose to go and get it!
I know what the rest of my day is going to look like!
How about you?