What Then?

What Then?
by Annie Tornabene



When the storms in life hit us, we often ask ourselves, "What then?" Do you remember the last time you said, "What then?" or maybe you said, "Now what?"

We are in between circumstances. We've been hit by an obstacle on our course in the strings of life. We've been knocked off course. We often find ourselves just sitting there ... waiting ... looking perplexed and asking, "What then?" If we keep sitting there, nothing is going to happen. What then? We will continue to let our flame from within die.

Or maybe we get hit by another storm along the strings of life. That storm blows us further off course. What then? Pretty soon we've been thrown off course so many times that the spark from within is almost dead. If we keep sitting there waiting for someone to rescue us, our flame will go out! If we ask, "What then? It's time to get up and do something about it.

There are three (3) kinds of people in the world:
Those that MAKE Things Happen...They know what they want and take life by the horns to do whatever it takes to make things happen.
Those that WATCH Things Happen...Those who sit on the side lines wanting a better life, whose lives are just in need of a little help or adjustment because they've hit a bump or two that has knocked them off course temporarily; and
Those that SAY "What Happened?... Those who don't have a clue as what is going on. They allow circumstances to shape their lives.

Which type are you? Which type do you want to be? You can do it. You can do something about it. What then?

Together we can make a difference in understanding depression and learning what to do when the storms of life knock us off course and "What then?" is asked.