Encountering uncertainty is one of the few things that are certain in our lives.
I'm sure we have all felt a little lost at some point in our lives, the feeling that we get when we are unsure about everything. We seem directionless and we don't really know what we want or what we should do. This is a situation that I am sure we can all relate to and it is a situation that seems like it can arise out of nowhere and we don't always know what triggers it, at least for myself. It is definitely uneasy to deal with at times due to our need to control the aspects of our lives and just our desire to want things under control. I have said this before, but life always has a way to keep us on our toes, to stop us from slowly drifting unconsciously into our normalities that we become a literal machine. It keeps us thinking and feeling, allows opportunities to understand ourselves and grow ourselves a little more each day. For that, we should at least show a little gratitude towards our lives.
If I'm going to be honest, I don't have a solid solution for dealing with uncertainty when we face it. I'm not actually sure if there is a certain way out or if there are certain things we could do to help ourselves. What I do know for sure is that dwelling and hating ourselves for being in the unknown does not help at all. As we hold on to our need for control and fall down a spiral of self-hate, telling ourselves that we should always have control, we are only putting more pressure on ourselves to quickly get out of this hole. Things like this take time and a little appreciation for life itself. Things and events don't usually happen randomly and taking a step back and giving ourselves a chance to breathe is important. Easier said than done, I know.
The fact that we don't really know where we are going, the fact that we feel lost and at times empty. We question everything and ask ourselves what are we actually doing, is there a purpose for us or is there a direction that we should be heading in. Walking around aimlessly without seeing any purpose or substance in our lives is not something that is easy to deal with, for the long term anyway. And that feeling of being lost and empty, is something that is hard to describe as if even our words are lost, but the feeling is as real as it gets.
These times of uncertainty are the times when we ask ourselves 'why'? Maybe it is here to present us with an opportunity previously unknown, a possibility to change ourselves even if it is the slightest change. A change of lifestyle, a change of attitude, a change or mindset, anything that can shift our path or perspective.
It is in these times, I feel like life is giving us an opportunity for growth. As hard as it may be to deal with and accept, these times of uncertainty give us a possibility of a new direction. It gets us to ask ourselves questions that we may not have been aware to ask ourselves previously. It stops us from just going through with the motions day in and day out. It may present as a sign that the life we are living cannot help us grow anymore than we have already grown. In order for us to move forward with growth, we need to change something, even if it is something as simple as a change in mentality to help us live our current lives differently. Embracing and asking ourselves these questions may be just what we need to learn from our uncertainty, it definitely won't hurt to give it a try.
I hope that we can all take these times of uncertainty we may feel during the course of our lives, and take them as an opportunity to learn about ourselves and as an opportunity to grow our hearts and minds. As much as we love to have control over every aspect of life, that just isn't how it works, feeling and being lost is part of the journey at times. Sometimes, it is in these moments that the most beautiful things can happen, we just need to accept it first. I hope we all learn to surrender the control we never had, the control over what happens to us. But instead, I hope we allow ourselves to step back and breathe and to see the possibilities that may have presented itself to us from being a little lost and uncertain. A blessing in disguise as they call it, we never know unless we walk through it, so I hope we all have the courage to eventually walk through it. May we all learn together.
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