“This is what it feels like.”

Sometimes, the recognition catches us off guard. We experience something for the first time, or we shift into a new chapter of life … and we think, “I didn't realize it would be this way.”

And that may be a delightful surprise. Or it may be a curious revelation. Or it could even be an uncomfortable disappointment.

Whatever the color of the experience, it’s a disconnect between the story we formed long ago and what’s happening in the present moment.

But that’s understandable; we’re rarely good at predicting the future.

Whether expected or surprising, capture the feeling of what today feels like. This is what it’s like right now.