The long and winding road...

I think most people look forward to the point in their lives when they are settled, when life is fairly set, when they can be in their comfortable groove and know what to expect from the day to day.  They have their home, their job, their family, their routine - everything is in its place, and they can relax and move through the days and weeks without much thought or effort.  Its not that we, as humans, want our lives to be ordinary, per se.  But it is comforting to know what is coming, to feel we have a handle on the future.

But here's the thing.  At 52, I have finally learned that moment will never really come.  Just when you think your life is set, something will come along and upset the apple cart.  And although it can be hard at the time, in retrospect, it is often those very moments of change that make life most interesting and worthwhile.