Right now we are tense patients in the waiting room of disaster. As the world around us continues to show the chaos of what is to come, we wait for the ball to drop.

We ask ourselves questions:

Is this it for us?
Can we even prepare?
What next?

In fact, if I were to summarize this past year in two words, it would be just that: What next?

It’s almost like a running joke where people exaggerate the punchline, taking it to extremes that couldn’t possibly occur—just to alleviate their stress at what might be. However, it might be a good time to ask another question:

What can we do right now?

We are not in the waiting room of life, hopelessly distracting ourselves with out of date magazines until our name is called. We are living life.

Right now.

We can still find ways to be content, to help others and to act in a practical manner.

There are enough stresses being levied our way and dumped on our doorstep. We don’t need to add any more to it and it’s in our best interest to find the ones we can rightfully ignore or sweep away.

Humanity has endured all we’re facing and more.

Let’s get out of the waiting room and go on living any way we can.