The definition and origin of the word Kimet is: Fate. Destiny: a result of chance that was meant to be. When you search the word, the first definition you see is usually: “It must have been Kismet that brought the Bride and Groom together a year ago. (no lie) The Turkish origin says, “the will of Allah” as the English adapted it and it became “The Will of God”.
Kismet Relationships: The word is used in relation to something significant that came about by pure chance. Meeting the love of your life by accidentally spilling coffee on each other, as you fell on the icy sidewalk of a street you never walked down before. After this unusual meeting came unconditional Love. Therefore, all you can do is smile, shrug and say “Kismet”.
We feel that kismet has brought us together. Some things are simply meant to be. We were both in situations after 3 decade long relationships that ended, and decided to just get away and work. During that time we truly got to know each other well and so many life occurences happened to both of us that actually had us in the vicinity of each other many times… yet never met… until now.
From the early 1990’s when Deana was working at Penn State and Nile was an Adult student going back to school… up to the fate filled day we both attended an event in Dallas, that we mostly did not know why we attended, but met and now realize we were suppose to meet. It was time for us to learn what unconditional love really felt like.
When two people realize that deep-to-the-core love for one another, you know it is special. Now we would like to share it with those we love most. We are getting married!!
Kismet:
Deana: Many people go their entire lives without finding that special person. I have had a great life; however, it just got so much better. My day-to-day is all that I have ever wanted. Laughter. Sharing. Consideration. Conversations. Passion. Common Goals. The last six months have shown me just how happy I can be. Every single day I tell myself that this is meant to be. I am so looking forward to the rest of my life!! This man makes me extremely happy!! Unconditional Love is what we are all suppose to learn here on this planet. Our Kismet brought that to us.
Nile: My entire life I carried a feeling of “something else is missing”. Career, personal life, demographic, etc…. I never knew what that something was, just a feeling. Believe me, I have lived a Great life, and I have experienced great success, and have Wonderful, Beautiful Children and Grandchildren that are my entire love of existance. I have zero regrets about any part of the Journey I was on the last 60 years.
Well, last year, Kismet fell upon me. I met Deana by accident, spent time with her, and I have to admit, I do not have that feeling, even the slightest bit. A much bigger feeling has taken over my every thought. I am so happy and so in Love, it almost makes me feel like I have never truly been in love before… or at least this level of Love. Unconditional Love. we not only accept each others faults, weaknesses, or triggers, we embrace them with real understanding and I adore everything about her. Things that once made me tip my head sideways, now make me smile hugely. She is a Blessing 24/7.
Add to that the fact that we seem to be 100% on the same page, with every topic you can imagine, and it makes you feel like you have known each other forever, and fell asleep and just woke up and picked up where you left of. Like you have known each other for 1000 years. Thats not reality of course, so thats why I feel it was Kismet. Remember the definition: Meeting the love of your life by accidentally spilling coffee on each other, as you fell on the icy sidewalk of a street you never walked down before. Unconditional Love means 24/7 Love that has zero conditions.
Events Lead To A Wedding-It Must Be Kismet !!
(Deana) Without a doubt, we believe that going to events is key to anyone’s success. Back in August of 2019 I went to an event in Dallas, TX. I flew there by myself. There was not one person there that I knew. Simply by stepping out of my comfort zone and that single event changed my life forever. Here I met Rory Ricord. I asked what his group was doing? They repeatedly won award after award. I told him I needed to know the way to his success. This was the first time I met Nile Eddy. Just as myself, he was a fellow Floridian. Nile offered to call me the following week to help get me started.
IF I CAN WISH ONE THING FOR ALL OF YOU ITS KISMET TO COME YOUR WAY AND YOUR LIFE BE AS GREAT AS OURS
In short, I joined Nile’s group the following week. We did some training and then we hit a wall. Since I was working full time I had very little time for calls. Every time he called me I was not available. I thought he could simply call me as I drove home from my job. That did not work for him. I did not understand and I began to get frustrated. He did as well.
(Nile) I went to Texas because my best friend asked me to. I was going through a lot in my life, and didn’t want to travel or be in a room full of people yet… But I was drawn to it somehow and I have learned to follow my instincts. Something inside me told me I needed to be there. I hadn’t see Rory and Tanya in a few years anyway, so why not. That’s when Kismet was finally set into motion.
Deana was there looking, I was there looking, and after meeting and finding out we both lived in Florida it made sense to get to know each other. Little did we know that our Worlds were going to change drastically. As we got to know each other we were amazed at how many times we were in the same area and never met. We were sometimes shocked at how many things we have in common and how many of our beliefs were identical, yet different from main stream. Stupid Happy just to spend time with each other every chance we have.
Unconditional Love was easy when Kismet brings together two people that have walked the same paths and see the same future, through the same lens. Kismet is Fate. Fate is just meant to be. Like everything was meant to be and just waiting for two people to be close enough to hear each other.
Traveling Together
We decided to travel around the country and work while visiting friends & family. Undoubtedly, any time you travel with anyone, you get to know them on a personal level. Equally, when you travel across country together, you really get to know them. Sometimes on a much deeper level.
- Across Florida – We zig-zagged across and up and down this beautiful state of Florida. Stopping to visit family was a special treat.
- Flint, TX – While there we worked super hard. I believe we did some of our best work here. Such a peaceful location deep in the piney woods of East Texas. Our drive to be successful grew.
- Napa Valley, CA – Visiting the beautiful vineyards while meeting with co-workers. Here we celebrated everyone’s accomplishments.
- Dallas, TX – Attended a convention that undoubtedly catapulted our business to a new level. When you attend these events you find magic.
- Utah – This was a special stop. Spending two months working hard and enjoying getting to known new family members. As a result of this trip, I have a new found family that I am grateful to know.
- Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida – This last leg of our trip allowed us to appreciate some of the beauty that our Nation has. I have never seen the Moab Desert. Well we drove through it for several hours. Yes, we were amazed at the absolute beauty of the entire trip. These rock formations were a thing of beauty. In conclusion of that trip, we feel like we went through an Art Gallery. To us it seems impossible to not know there is a Great God who create all of the wonders on this planet. We feel Blessed to have witnessed that for the first time, Together.
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FIRST YEAR ANNIVERSARY – BIG FISH ON MY QUEEN
Well, I cannot believe this was more than a year ago. I still wake up every morning, stare at her before I go make us some coffee, and count my Blessing. My Life is so full of Love and Appreciation that Kismet brought us together. We belong together and every day realize unconditional love is truly possible. We believe that our GOD looked down on us and guided us to get out of our own way amd find each other. Because we really did belong together.
I love waking up next to her, I love planning our day over that first cup of coffee, I love how she comes into my office, just to say Hi a few times a day. (I love stopping by hers also) I love making breakfast and Lunch every day for her, and I love the Diners she makes for us every evening.
I am amazed at how in sync we are on every topic, and how much fun we have in everything we do. Hell, even a trip to the Grocery Store or Flea Market on the weekend turns into a fun and happy little advernture for us. We literally smile all day and can believe how we feel about all the little things we get to experience together, no matter where we are or what we are doing.
So for our First Anniversary we took an extended trip around an Incentive trip offered by one of the Companies we market for. When that company owner awarded us that trip, and we found out it was in April, we were ecstatic. We went in 4 days early, stayed at an Air BNB right on the beach and really enjoyed our time on that Beach daily.
We looked for things to do together every day. It didnt matter if it was in the air parasailing, eating at different local cuisine hot spots, or sitting on the balcony at night watching the beach parties end before we turned in ourselves. This trip was in Punta Cana, D.R. one of my favorite places to visit and now one of OUR favorite places to visit.
After our first few days alone, we headed up the beach to the J.W. Marriot property were we met up with the rest of the gang. We had a blast hanging out with all of them, attending Parties hosted by the Owner of that Company that awarded us the trip, spent time getting to know more of the Global Leadership, and on the last day we went fishing Like Rory and I do at every event we attend. Calm down, I did not leave my Beautiful Bride at the resort. She LOVES to fish. When I asked her if she wanted to go, instead of pool side, she said “Hell Yeah I do”. Amen
So those of you that know about Rory and I and our fishing… it is a passion to experience deep sea fishing every chance we get. We made a promise to each other 3 decades ago that we will grow old together, building a Business and helping other Familes around the world, while we also Charter a boat in the area and experience some of the best fishing the world has to offer, everywhere we go.
Rory and I meeting 3 decades ago is also a Kismet event. We became good friends fast, and a lot of commonalities, and were pretty much both raised by our granFathers, but our common Love for Fishing is more than just Kismet, it is a metfore for so many other things in our Lives. Jesus was a fisherman and he was the first teacher of unconditional Love.
Our first fishing trip together was Hawaii, where Rory had a Giant blue Marlin on his line. This is Kismet also. That trip created a Love for offshore fishing that has created many memorires in our Lives, as well as, as it did help us understand this world more and inspire others to live better. Since that day, that passion to fish big game fish has not dwindled. We have caught almost every big game fish in the waters, a few more to go, and we will do so until we can no longer hold the rod up.
This trip was extra special. We have caught Blue Marlin and Black Marlin, but Never a White Marlin. It was an Anniversary trip as well, so Deana came with us. Yes, my wife LOVES to fish. Once we got to the fishing grounds, and bait went into the water, the decision was made to let Deana reel in the first one. Well after a beautiful fight and watching that fish dance above water 3-4-5 times, Deana got it all the way to the boat and we were all amazed that it was a White Marlin.
The deck crew started talking to her and without much notice, that fish had peeled off a ton of line and went to the bottom. She said I cannot do that twice, and handed me the rod. Though he was deep, and trying to stay down, I raised him back up where he was almost spent at the time (he fought us both) and they got him in the boat.
First one EVER. When the Captain asked if we wanted it mounted, I looked her way and she said “Hell Yeah, I want it mounted. I was again amazed at what a rare and wonderful woman she is. She LOVES football and She LOVES to Fish. It was meant to be right. We are in our 60’s and we are living out loud and enjoying life to the fullest. Hell, even the trip down to Pompano Beach to pick it up when it was ready was a fun road trip.
We rented a uhaul can, went to their shop, got a great tour of the entire facility, and even got a T-Shirt at the end. Now if asked if we have ever been Marlin Fishing we can say, “Yep, got the mount, the keychain and the t-shirt”. Funny and fun stuff.
Final Thought for This Year !!!
Remember, unconditional Love is what Jesus wanted us to learn. Kismet can bring that person to you, but you have to be ready, willing and able to receive that person. You will feel it deep in your bones and you better be ready to dump all of your patterns and negative perspectives so you dont lose that person. God brought them to you, be Grateful each and every day. Tell your Person how much love you feel and how grateful you are. Tomorrow is not promised, so make each day the best you can and enjoy the little things as much as you do the Big Things.