What Do You Do When Your Path Isn’t What You Think It Is?

It’s your path — you can choose to reclaim it when you lose it.

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It doesn’t matter what paths you choose in life. I don’t think they ever go as intended.

Why? Because life is full of uncertainty, situations, and circumstances way outside of your control.

For example, I knew the plans we had around Christmas for months now. I was all set to carry them out. Everything was in place and set to go as of the Wednesday before Sunday’s Christmas.

Then it all fell apart.

One case of mild COVID and the necessary isolation, alongside a random, utterly unexpected hospitalization of another family member later — the plans were shot to hell. Nobody could do a damned thing to control, plan for, or otherwise have expected this. The previously clear, known path was gone, erased, and utterly unclear.

I’ve taken all the precautions, had all the vaccinations and boosters, wear a mask on most shopping trips — and I still got COVID. Fortunately, a very mild case of it — probably because I’m vaccinated and boosted.

This path over the past week hasn’t been what I thought it was. Despite my plans and expectations, what IS is something different.