Now That We Are Here

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I- I took the one less traveled by, and That has made all the difference". The Road Not Taken. Robert Frost We deem it normal for babies to cry when they arrive. Perhaps it's the best indication that they are alive. But in their minds, it seems they are issuing a protest. Notwithstanding, it takes only a little bit of loving caress, and, just like that, newborns succumb to affection and tenderness. It's as if a baby accepts it by saying, "Now that I am here".... What if we were just as adjusting when life presents us with the unexpected? "Now that we are here" would be a calming and mature manner of course. We will never know the difference our lives would have been or would have made had it gone just as we had planned or how we had prepared for it to be. Before now, I had not given much thought to what might be happening at birth in the minds of the baby, but I believe that there is a God-designed element within us at birth that gives us an untrained instinct or hidden desire to make adjustments when so required. Sometimes, when we are drawn into places that are unplanned and unsuitable, or by our own intention, we have every right and a need to protest and seek an exit. But then, there are times that we of necessity must bow to the situation and say, "Now that we are here", let's make the best of the circumstance. Let's reevaluate and recalculate. Let's reconsider and recheck the GPS that God has given us. "Now that we are here", who knows but what God has brought us or allowed us to enter this place, this season, this misfortune, for such a time as this? Like newborn babies, let us indeed protest this strange turn of events. We absolutely have been given a will, a uniqueness, and a mind of our very own. By the same token, we must occasionally turn aside and say, "Now that we are here", what now? Now that we are here, a place we never intended to be or to go, what shall we now do? Does this way lead to my destiny? What new ideas and inspiration await us? I know whereof I speak, and I must say, mine has been quite a ride. 031923PSCtest, Now that we are here. Unseeking Seeker