Imagine a world where certainty was certain, where there was no doubt, no question to whether we were doing the right thing, moving in the right direction, where there would be no problems, and where everyone had unparalleled  clarity and infinite power.  My first reaction upon that thought would be “Awesome”…… “That is what I work towards every day.”

Well now, I am not so sure……better put, I am sure that world would be filled with people that had become unbearably arrogant, extremely boring, and actually quite shallow……and I would be right there with them.  This would be a world of certainty…..a world of that would require no change…..a world where there were no issues to grow with…….a world with no pain or joy to feel…….we would be complete.  If there was no contrast, there would be no magic and if there was no magic, there would be no meaning. 

My life is a search for meaning and with that I welcome the uncertainty in my life. I need dark and light to grow. I need to know what appreciation feels like by living in the necessary dissonance that creates a vacuum in my life.  I have always said that nature abhors a vacuum and that vacuum helps me know what I want so I can recognize it when I get it. 

Uncertainty is doubt and the willingness to sit in that place to learn what we have come here to learn.  Uncertainty is uncomfortable and it highlights our resistance to pain and in my judgment……joy.  So I embrace the pain, doubt, joy, and hope that is created on my journey that certain uncertainty creates so I can trust, love and keep moving forward.