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Today's
Meditation:
Some of the most dynamic people I've ever met have
been people who embrace uncertainty, who are willing to
put themselves in situations in which they have no idea at
all about the outcomes. Most of us fear uncertainty,
because we want to feel that we have a bit of control over
our lives, but others thrive on it because they want to
allow life to contribute to their existence, and they
don't want to just keep doing the same old, same old, just
for the sake of knowing the outcomes already.
If we spend our lives doing only those things about which
we're sure of the outcomes, then where do concepts such as
spontaneity and risk come in? Is it really possible
to be completely in control of outcomes? We may walk
the same path each evening and never explore other paths
because we don't know what lies down them, but if we do
so, just what will we learn and how will we grow?
Jobs, relationships, places to live, results of actions,
sharing our thoughts and emotions, educational programs,
investments-- all of these and so much more are filled with
uncertainty. But they're what life is about.
Sometimes life gives us signs that it wants us to move on
to something new. The workload becomes harsher, but
the pay doesn't rise accordingly. The weather keeps
us sick constantly, while better weather elsewhere could
allow us to live more healthy lives. You're passed
up for a promotion that you know you deserve because the
job was given to the boss's daughter or son. Such
situations often call for a leap into the unknown, but our
response to such situations is often to just bear with it
because we're unsure of how things will turn out if we
take a risk.
Taking uncertainty on, though, does keep us vital and
creative. When things become difficult, we have to
think of new ways to cope with problems and issues.
The mysteries of life give us a vitality that doing the
same things over and over again never can give us.
Mystery and uncertainty are important catalysts,
inspirational elements of life, and it's up to us to
search them out and take them on if we're to make the
most of these lives that we've been given.
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