Have you ever been awake at 4am, thinking about 'the problem'?

You might know the feeling. You have something on your mind, a problem which is so big you just can't see a way around it. You focus on it all day, you go from worrying endlessly - to giving yourself a shake because you know what you really need to be doing is reminding yourself of all the positive things going on in your life as well as ‘the problem’!

It's so hard to remember that things often happen for a reason, especially when you can't see it at the time. This is how it’s been for me just lately.

Then the other night, I had a sudden breakthrough. I went to bed, and as usual started to dwell on 'the problem'. I guessed that I was in for another restless night... and I was, but at about 4am I had a breakthrough. Suddenly - out of the blue, the clouds had lifted on this particularly difficult issue I had been fighting with and I knew exactly what I needed to do.

It was a magical moment. I had forgotten how important it is to be really true to yourself, to be authentic, to be proud of who you are even if it’s different to what others might expect of you.

So next time I'm wasting time worrying, I really am going to try to hold onto the fact that everything does happen for a reason and it happens at exactly the right time.

Sometimes you flow fast with the rapids and sometimes you meander along gently. And as a good friend once told me, if you start paddling up the river, you are going to make waves for yourself and you might even capsize!