Live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, and find eternity in each moment - Henry David Thoreau 

Some days are sublime.

Some days are so bad you just wish that that the day would end soon.

On both days, one thing is for certain: You only have that moment to live and after that, it's done.

A new day and opportunity appears or so we hope. 

As the great poet and writer, Gabriel Garcia Marquez said in his autobiography and memoir, "I didn't know that that was the last time I would see my friend. My last hug."

I lost a great friend from cancer. She was just 35 years old. 

And some people in my life: family members, friends, colleagues, co-workers, one by one are  passing on and will never be replaced.

Because the Now Zone is what we have. 

The future is unknown. 

The past is a done-deal. 

Whoever can hold the present and contain its beauty or ugliness or its messiness is a person that is truly alive.

Being alive is choosing against many choices to let it all run through but not sink on it. 

Make mistakes and take risks.

Don't let small issues and events ruin your overall standing. 

One day, my daughter came to me, crying about the imperfect set of legs of her otherwise good drawing of Bluey. 

I told her, that those legs work for the drawing itself.

And the drawing from which she based her work is not even great, just average.

Average is alright. 

Now is the time to create. 

Tomorrow is for something else. 

Get into the Now Zone because it's the only place we can really live on. 

My friend and publisher is a certified Global Nomad. He's travelling now for two years all over Europe and apparently now in Mongolia with his partner while working on his businesses. He writes for Medium and will get his book published soon on the same topic.

He's not rootless as what it seems like. Global nomadism is not place-centric but lifestyle and values-aligned life design. Designing this kind of life requires an intentional and deep way of honoring your truest desires and bringing them to life in a way that  supports yourself and your needs, the environment, for long term.

Who is this for? For those who are not adhering into  'living and dying in one place' where there are choices that lie open wide and are taking it. Cyber work propels and invigorates this culture shift. Globalization in ICT power charges it. Culture shift in this area is taking place. The exodus has just begun. More and more people are moving not just for greener pastures but to elect a different life. 

For sure this is not for everyone. But some people are not troubled by lack of security, lack of social ties in one place, or lack of family supports and other familial things when they're life is in flux. Some people flourish in that kind of mobility and dislocation. They take the road as their offices and cubicles and learn the ways of the people they meet and share coffee with on a train, bus, tuk-tuk, or tourist tram. 

My friend is living the life that he desires and not flinching about it. We can be nomads in your town as well. We can exist in one area but totally isolated from the rest of its current realities. This is not about travelling and moving but deciding to not participate with life in all of its dynamism. 

Nomadism is a choice, by far a choice that creates its own limits as well as possibilities. If you elect to be so, where would you go and what would you like to learn in the process. 

Like the Black See Grain initiative powered by the UN between Ukraine, Russia and Turkey to free up the grains to address the growing food insecurity in many parts of the world, this deal is highly contentious.

While currently warring, the two factions managed to put aside their strife to think about how the grains from Ukraine could solve another world problem. Albeit, for very selfish reasons, they came together, debated endlessly, sought side deals and concessions, and almost broke down the negotiations. So much for what UN calls 'restricted diplomacy.'

While highly volatile and unpredictable, when pulled together, enemies can be brought to the table with very clear political or economic objective, facilitated by multilateral actors who are perceived as neutral or non-partial to the central conflict. It seemed that limited trust can be fostered on a very narrow set of targets with disincentive for non-cooperation and rewards for its maintenance.

The world is fraught with conflicts and war-mongering. The stances of governments and politicians are more towards creating division and polarization rather than creating a pathway towards reconciliation and unity within a diverse framework. Negotiations seldom accomplish their purpose because of the insistence that all wrongs and disagreements on all fronts had to be taken down first which is not the way to go. 

This initiative proves that with a strong political will, enemies can sign the same accord separately without the face-to-face interaction but still agree on the document. Even though the terms are fairly slim, that could be start of more talks and less fighting on the ground. This is possible but very hard to put together and maintain, but do we have a choice?