Your Path is Gone

What happens when the unexpected occurs and the path you have been traveling in life is suddenly no more?

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For many, once they find themselves on the path they have chosen for their life, this is apropos of how it makes them feel:

“The way is clear / the light is good / I have no fear/ nor no one should.” — Prologue, Into the Woods

But then, what happens when, like an unexpected bolt of lightning from the sky, the path is gone? Not twisted, not blocked, simply gone and no more?

Unfortunately, because life tends to be unpredictable, this can and will happen.

What causes this to happen, and what can you do when it does?

The world goes mad

This is what happens when external matter causes the path you are on to cease to be very suddenly, seemingly out of the blue. A loved one dies, a relationship ends, a job is lost, all your money is lost, an injury changes your capabilities, your house burns down, and so on. You cannot predict that these will happen, they just do.

Now the path you were on is no more. What’s worse, there is no way to get back on it or another related to it. Similar, maybe…