Things go wrong. They always do. Whether your plans are for the afternoon, the coming year, or a lifetime, the chance of something not going according to plan is usually pretty high.
Big things and little things plop into our lives and, in a single moment, change our course. Just as the door closes, you remember your keys are inside. You get an email saying you didn’t get that job you were counting on. The phone rings with news that is so terrible, the world falls away. Ping! In a single moment, life takes a new direction. The next minutes, days, or years will no longer be the way you expected.
No matter what hits you, though, you keep going. Even when you think you don’t want to. Even when it feels like you can’t. Because time only moves in one direction, and it never stops. (Continue…)