The world as you know it ended this morning. It moved from the present into the past and then was no more. As you read this, you should understand that you are looking at the past. You are looking at a moment that was transcribed into a document. As you look and digest what is written here, you are dragging it from the past back into the present moment,. This is a form of time travel. Now, rather than relying on the oral tradition—where everything is in the mind and transferred from mind to mind by sharing stories—we can record information and retrieve it from the past by reading it in the present. Pick up a document written in the Middle Ages and read it today … BANG! Just like that, the thinking that laid down that original script is accelerated into the present moment and right into your mind. All that we see is from the past; we can look centuries into the past just by looking to the heavens on a clear and starry night. But what of the future and its unfurling?

The true warrior knows that the future arrives in the present moment as we observe points on a trajectory. The “we are here” point of this moment is predictable but not guaranteed. It is probable; it is anticipated but it is not for sure—as anything can happen. We cannot see the trajectories of it all. We just don’t know for a fact what will happen. Enjoy the expected and think about the unexpected. Is there anything you can do today that mitigates your risk should the unexpected arrive?

You are warriors and by anticipating the unexpected, and having plans and strategies in place, you might just survive the next species-threatening meteor impact with the earth. Yes, by thinking about the big and little gotchas, and by having a plan, you will be in a position to profit. So it has been written. It’s your move now.