In a relatively short period of time a friend has experienced multiple life-altering challenges, personally and within extended family. With resolution in sight of the most recent concern our conversations have shifted to what to expect when life returns to “normal.” Seems to me that normal is an illusion. A figment of our imagination at best, in reality, more like a moving target.
Rather than asking What’s Next? or its variation, What NOW?, perhaps a better question is What’s Now?
Asking What’s Now? keeps us focused on what needs to be done in the moment to be adequate to the tasks at hand. Being present also makes it easier to recognize treasured opportunities when they unexpectedly show up, or to find center as we surf the adventures that come with Life’s next wave rather than to be caught in its undercurrent.
Cosmic Gardener - Cultivating a Life 
Lynette
Feb 05, 2019 @ 21:29:39
This is very wise. What’s now? Because it’s always going to change and any sense of control is purely an illusion. Recognizing that we are surfers helps and (these days) is preferable to thinking everything is static and unchanging. Riding the waves … new normal every moment we draw breath. xoxo
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