"It's important to be open."... HONY

"It's important to be open."
"Open to what?"
"Changes in your life, mainly. I've always been a planner. So it's very difficult for me to handle things that don't go as planned. But I'm learning to accept that unplanned events-- even negative ones, can lead to positive changes."
"What happened that you weren't planning for?"
"Well, I didn't marry the man I thought I was going to marry."
"Why not?"
"He cheated and had a kid. We had a house and everything. But you know what? That horrible event created a domino effect that brought me to New York, and introduced me to a new life, and a new group of friends that I never would have known otherwise."