WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE?

A friend stopped by the other day. We hadn't seen each other since 1973. "So", my friend asks, "where do you go from here?" Good question, right? One that I get asked quite frequently. But to be honest, I don't have the foggiest idea what comes next. When catastrophic change erupts into your life, there is this sense of surrealness that lingers all around you like a foggy mist. My friend tells me that the question comes out of love and concern knowing that I need to start the hard work of finding a new purpose. In my head I know this, and I also trust that this epiphany will manifest itself when the time is right. I tell this to my friend who seemed somewhat satisfied with my response, at least enough to move on to reminiscing about our lives and catching each other up on what we've been doing the last fifty years. To be honest, I almost declined this visit but it turned out to be a true gift as we recalled our past times together and how these memories contributed so much to who we are today - how important those early friendships in life are! We laughed, we cried, and we were grateful - and we were surprised to be able to pick up the conversation right where we left off in 1973. Our three brief hours together erased the almost 50 year time lapse. Where do I go from here? Time will tell my friend. But the journey is less scary when you have friends cheering you on. That much I know for sure.