Big hair, black top, barns, country music, barbeque, “yes m’am”, stars, stripes, and cowboy boots. But, that’s only the half of it. Then there’s restored Spanish architecture; riverside cantinas; creamy guacamole; fresh and spicy tacos; and cathedrals you could spend a whole day staring at. Welcome to Texas! Home to some of the friendliest people I’ve ever met. From a beautiful house on a little lake in La Grange, Texas, to the Riverwalk in San Antonio, to the offices of LIVESTRONG in Austin; my five days in Texas have been filled with authentic conversations and many moments of Sweet Serendipity…

This morning, as I popped the gear shift of my friend’s volkswagen jetta into fifth and cruised past tractor trailers going 70 miles an hour, the song Sweet Serendipity came on my Ipod. I replayed it three times.

Sweet Serendipity by Lee Dewyze

I ain’t got no car
And I’ve got one pair of jeans
They’ve been stretched too far
And now they’re weak at the seams
I can’t say what’s next
And I got nothin’ up my sleeve
But I don’t lose my head
Cause it ain’t really up to me

And I’m doing just fine
I’m always landing on my feet
In the nic of time
And by the skin of my teeth
I ain’t gonna stress
Cause the worst ain’t happened yet
Somethings watching over me
Like Sweet Serendipity
Sweet Serendipity

I don’t ask for a lot
No nothing more than I need
Because I love what I got
Don’t need to play the lottery
I just want to be strong
At the end of the road
I don’t want to hold on
I want the strength to let go

And what will be will be
In the nic of time
And by the skin of my teeth
I aint gonna stress
Cause the worst ain’t happened yet

Somethings watching over me
Like Sweet Serendipity
Sweet Serendipity
Like Sweet Serendipity

Don’t look fate can only find you
You can’t choose for something to surprise you
Set sail without a destination
Just see where the wind will take you
You never know when you’re gonna fall
But I’m not worried
No I’m not worried at all.

Ok, so maybe Lee wrote this song AFTER he won American Idol. But, in my more afraid moments, it’s a great reminder. “I just want to be strong at the end of the road. I don’t want to hold on. I want to let go.”

Is there any area in your life where you could let go (just a little) and trust that the “worst ain’t happened yet” and that something’s watching over you – like Sweet Serendipity?

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