Ideally

Ideally, we’d agree.

Ideally, everything would go the way we planned it.

Ideally, everyone would want the same things we want.

Ideally, nothing would go wrong.

Ideally, everyone would always act rationally.

But then, of course, we’d all be the same, and I think the world would be a much more drab and colorless place.

The world doesn’t work this way. We don’t always agree. Surprises happen. Things do go wrong. What an opportunity we have, on each occasion, to decide for ourselves how we want to show up in the world.

It’s tempting for us to give our power here over to the circumstances, or others who acted wrongly, or our fear. The truth is — our decisions are ours to own; what a gift.

So, yes, things are hardly ideal. Now what?