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Now let's continue our exploration:
You were brave to invite anxiety and uncertainty into your home for dinner last week.
Anxiety breeds uncertainty and uncertainty breeds anxiety; both can leave quite a mess.
Let's investigate both of your guests:
Normally we walk through our daily lives feeling in control.
That is until an activity doesn't turn out like we planned; then we feel out of control and uncertain.
We may also begin feeling uncertain when everything around us seems to be constantly changing or people we depend upon die.
David Richo* believes because things do not always turn out like we plan and everything changes or ends are facts of life, acceptance will help us cope. He calls these facts "givens."
Knowing that life is by its very nature uncertain and that we don't have control over it gives us a platform to stand on.
As we become clear that life is uncertain, staying in a non anxious state of mind will make sense and be a little easier.
We can learn to "celebrate uncertainty."
Next week we will get to know anxiety.
*David Richo, How to Be An Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving, 2002
