"For those of us more fortunate, the beauty
of uncertainty is that it motivates us to seek certainty. We are compelled
to replace doubt with conviction, to replace confusion with clarity, to
be more fearful of old ideas instead of new ones. Nothing is more disparaged
than the person who is lost, hesitant, and anxious.
"Yet
the true path to fulfillment comes from these conditions. Uncertainty
becomes truly beautiful when connected with the certainty that there is
a better life beyond the life that is known. The artist, scientist,
entrepreneur, athlete, and traveller: all embrace uncertainty
as their muse. What is going to happen next is more enticing than what
is happening now. The thrill of anticipation, the mystery of the
unknown, the open road, mistakes as portals of discovery, the
inevitability of change, purpose from chaos, questions leading to
answers, failure as the threshold of knowledge.
"All of these conditions inform the life of the adventurer,
the human being who is engaged in becoming. The beauty of uncertainty
is that it prepares us to embrace life in the face of death. Allows us
the strength to deal with the freedom to choose. To willingly exchange
the fear of uncertainty for the security of certainty is to admit
defeat. To surrender to the fear of actually living your life. As T. S.
Eliot observed, "Where is the life we have lost in living?"
"Nothing moves forward except by the craving
to seek certainty from uncertainty."
Comments (6)
neat. in other words, uncertainty is scary and achieving certainty appeases that fear. fear is like, the basis of everything. god, life is good.
Thanks. =)
Am I missing something?
I'm still worried. implied optimism is scary because of all the people it can fool.
i can uncertainly understand this certain thing that you're saying about uncertainty
profundity.