Certainty is really a myth.
This life is all truly uncertain.
You don't need to be scared of uncertainty. In fact, the coming to terms with uncertainty is a pretty powerful moment. When you give up always trying to create your future or escaping your past and truly show up in this moment, you give yourself the opportunity to actually live a life. It's only when you try to move out of the present moment that things can start to get pretty shaky at times.
The future can be incredibly exciting but you really don't have much control over it at all. You can also get completely stuck in living in the land of the future and it can destroy your life just as much as being stuck in the past. There's really nothing worse that disconnecting from your friends, family, and own life as you sacrifice everything for grasping at ambitions.
I should know. I spent most of my life living in the "promise" of the future.
I lived completely in the future and neglected showing up in this moment.
Underneath our desperation for a better life in the future is a desire to really connect with the present. Our heart often aches for it as we don't give it the nourishment it needs from being right "here." There's a fine line between having goals and dreams and giving yourself the opportunity to connect in the here and now. The most important part of balancing these things out is to be creating things that resonate deeply with your heart and not just because they are material goals.
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.
So learn to show up in this moment and bring yourself out from the future.
Uncertainty is beautiful.
This life is all truly uncertain.
You don't need to be scared of uncertainty. In fact, the coming to terms with uncertainty is a pretty powerful moment. When you give up always trying to create your future or escaping your past and truly show up in this moment, you give yourself the opportunity to actually live a life. It's only when you try to move out of the present moment that things can start to get pretty shaky at times.
The future can be incredibly exciting but you really don't have much control over it at all. You can also get completely stuck in living in the land of the future and it can destroy your life just as much as being stuck in the past. There's really nothing worse that disconnecting from your friends, family, and own life as you sacrifice everything for grasping at ambitions.
I should know. I spent most of my life living in the "promise" of the future.
I lived completely in the future and neglected showing up in this moment.
Underneath our desperation for a better life in the future is a desire to really connect with the present. Our heart often aches for it as we don't give it the nourishment it needs from being right "here." There's a fine line between having goals and dreams and giving yourself the opportunity to connect in the here and now. The most important part of balancing these things out is to be creating things that resonate deeply with your heart and not just because they are material goals.
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.
So learn to show up in this moment and bring yourself out from the future.
Uncertainty is beautiful.
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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