Most people don’t like surprises – except to celebrate something. A plain-old unplanned event tests our emotional senses and our ability to reason clearly. We can find ourselves in a new reality. How should we react? Once we get over the initial shock, we need to settle our emotions and maximize our reasoning powers. We should always plan on the worst-case scenario. Is this a short-term reality or potentially long-term? What resources are available to us? The detour we find ourselves on could be God’s way of changing the path we have been on. We will most likely need to step up our game in all aspects – with new responsibilities. And a new attitude for the trial we face or the adventure ahead of us.