The myth of living in certainty is pretty powerful.
This life is all truly uncertain.
When you really look at it uncertainty is absolutely beautiful. When you live in a world brim-full of uncertainty, you give yourself the chance to live in possibility and be truly happy. Those two things come together only when you let go of the past and future and come back to this moment. When you begin to try to separate yourself from uncertainty by trying to paint what your future is going to look like, that is when you can begin to get into a pinch of difficulty.
As exciting as the future can be, you become out of touch with reality and distance yourself from individuals and opportunities that are here right now. There's nothing worse than living in some place that you can't actually go to, and therefore, missing all that is happening in the moment.
I should know. I spent most of my life living in the "promise" of the future.
I refused to live in the present moment.
Goals and dreams are fantastic things to have in your life but you have to be careful that you don't shut everything down to achieve them. Sometimes, the price we pay to seek out our ambitions is often far greater than what we achieve. Without staying completely grounded in this world, we sacrifice ourselves and everything around us for the dancing shadows of the material.
My problem was that I looked at the future as a location where it might all turn out and everything would be alright. Wrong. You need to be okay with what is going on today. When you can really live in the moment and let the uncertainty of the future handle itself, happiness creeps in.
Learn to tap into this moment and appreciate it for what it is. That's all we're able to do right?
Uncertainty is the name of the game.
This life is all truly uncertain.
When you really look at it uncertainty is absolutely beautiful. When you live in a world brim-full of uncertainty, you give yourself the chance to live in possibility and be truly happy. Those two things come together only when you let go of the past and future and come back to this moment. When you begin to try to separate yourself from uncertainty by trying to paint what your future is going to look like, that is when you can begin to get into a pinch of difficulty.
As exciting as the future can be, you become out of touch with reality and distance yourself from individuals and opportunities that are here right now. There's nothing worse than living in some place that you can't actually go to, and therefore, missing all that is happening in the moment.
I should know. I spent most of my life living in the "promise" of the future.
I refused to live in the present moment.
Goals and dreams are fantastic things to have in your life but you have to be careful that you don't shut everything down to achieve them. Sometimes, the price we pay to seek out our ambitions is often far greater than what we achieve. Without staying completely grounded in this world, we sacrifice ourselves and everything around us for the dancing shadows of the material.
My problem was that I looked at the future as a location where it might all turn out and everything would be alright. Wrong. You need to be okay with what is going on today. When you can really live in the moment and let the uncertainty of the future handle itself, happiness creeps in.
Learn to tap into this moment and appreciate it for what it is. That's all we're able to do right?
Uncertainty is the name of the game.
About the Author:
Your dreams are possible. Evan Sanders is a professional life coach at AYKME Life Coaching and writes blogs about daily life. For more inspiration, read up this article on making a Change For Life and dive into these Quotes On Hope for some good perspective.
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