“Nobody can predict the future. The idea is to have a good grasp of the present.”
- Peter Drucker -

At points of new beginning, we look out at the expanse of time before us and wonder what’s next?  What are the previews of coming attractions?  We will try and predict the future, but that prediction is always biased through the filter of what we currently know and believe possible.  Which is always biased by our personal version of history.  

The future will be the result of our present starting point with a myriad of choices, reactions, external influences, and how much of our past we choose to bring with us.  Even with the most detailed plans and goal setting, the greatest of clear intention, the exact path between here and there will be meandering at best and veering way off course more often than not.  And that is never a bad thing, it keeps the spontaneity and deep curiosity active in our life.  

We know where we’ve been, with both the benefit of time and perspective and the warp of ego’s interpretation.  We dream of where we will be, what could be possible for us, with the fuel of inspiration and expectation.  But it’s how clear we are about where we are that is the fulcrum that provides the greatest leverage so we don’t have to do all the heavy lifting.  

Once we honestly access and accept where we are and what is currently going on, we have firmer footing for our next step.  That’s all we can really engage now anyway.  Yes, we need to have a general idea about where we want to go so that we can feed the inspiration and the expectation and keep on keeping on.  But the final destination is the result of thousands of individual steps.  That’s how you got here and that’s how you’ll get to wherever you go next.

So what is the next step?  Where will you be at the end of this day?  Is that in that general direction you intended?  Check in throughout the day, throughout the year and enjoy and celebrate the progress you’ve made.  Adjust where needed and use the fuel of what you’ve picked up along the way to keep on.  It just keeps on getting better from here.

Life is truly wonderful!