I think I’ve found the formula for a happy life: It consists of falling in love with uncertainty.
I don’t know about you, but every single time I get too comfortable, life likes to shake me and wake me from my cozy nap. Initially, it always sucks, but shortly after, I feel immensely grateful. Let’s be honest, comfort is amazing; however, no progress or growth happens there.
Uncertainty has always freaked me out. I love a good plan, the feeling of being in control of everything. No matter how many times life proves to me that plans rarely work out, I just keep naively planning.
I’ve experienced many plan failures so far and always end up feeling the same way — panicky, asking myself, “What now?” and thinking, “I have nothing to look forward to.”
Until my last “failure” of a big plan. Proud to say, for the first time, I felt relieved. For the first time, I felt like I wholeheartedly prefer uncertainty over what I had planned for myself.
Uncertainty means anything is possible.
You are open to just about anything. How amazing is that? Instead of being limited to your own plan, you get to experience so much more.
By falling in love with uncertainty, you let go and trust the process.
I am head over heels in love. I hope it lasts for a lifetime. Her name is uncertainty, and it’s the only certain thing we are all going to get for sure.
