UNCERTAINTY

Uncertainty is like a cloud of confusion hovering over you. Somedays you feel that its precipitation is falling heavy on your shoulders. Other days this cloud is so light you barely know its there. It will creep up and overwhelm you as it showers you with its gifts of anxiety. The purpose of this is to force you to touch base with your reality. There is so much uncertainty surrounding our day-to-day activities, uncertainty anywhere from not knowing what you want to eat to the uncertainty of not knowing who you are, how you feel, and what to do as age transitions you into various stages of life.
Questions are constantly probed but answers are very rarely delivered; this is the root of where uncertainty stems. There is uncertainty of whether or not every good deed will actually pay off. Uncertainty of whether or not every dollar you invest in your education will be worth it. The uncertainty of whether or not everything you allow your body to intake will have a good impact on your health. There is uncertainty surrounding the intimate relationships and friendships that you put forth so much of your love and energy towards; is it appreciated? will it last forever?
Meritocracy; we are encouraged to better ourselves and aspire to our fullest potential because individual merit will help us successfully cruise through each chapter of our lives. Yet this cloud of uncertainty will still hover over you. Uncertainty of whether or not your hard work and dedication to highly demonstrate your most prominant abilities will bring you the happiness, and the intrinsic and extrinsic rewards that you seek. Think critically, "follow fact not feeling", again uncertainty surrounds you because really who is to say "fact" has been proven to be superior to your instinct feelings?
We chase after our dreams; our dream man, our dream job, our dream home, and we create our ideal family setting so it feels like you're living the dream. However there is uncertainty - are your stars are aligned in favour of making your dreams reality?can we rely on stars?
So, with all this being said maybe we should encourage ourselves and generations beneath us to deal with the reality of uncertainty rather than emphasizing wishing, waiting, hoping, and putting on this facade that we know everything and have everything. Nothing is secure. Why continue depending on this thought that everything we hope for will come true will come true and will make everything fall into place nicely just the way we desire. Everything will fall into place nicely just the way you desire if you believe you can make it fall into place and do everything in your power to achieve. But you have to live with the uncertainty. Your efforts may actually leave you burnt out rather than feeling the satisfaction of accomplishing self-actualized goals- you just have to accept the uncertainity of whether success or failure is going to meet you at the end of the road. Prepare yourself to deal with life when things do not flow as smoothing as you envisioned. At the end of the day our ability to live with unanswered questions and a handfull of struggle is what makes us a strong person.Accept uncertainty likes it is your friend and not your enemy. No matter what....... it is going to hover over you.