Get Comfortable not Knowing...

I am one of those who likes to know what is happening. I don't like change and I like to have some control of the next moves. This has been true for as long time...maybe it is because when I was younger there was not a real sense of knowing. Everything was up to change at any given time for any given reason or no reason at all. It was a difficult way to grow up.

One of the things that I have been working on is being comfortable not always knowing...this is a serious challenge. After all I like to be in control. Not knowing means that I may not be in control all the time (not to be mistaken with out of control, but I digress).

Being willing to give up some control for emotional freedom is crucial to building happiness. Life is unpredictable, filled with twists and turns. Being in control at all times means that you may not follow a path that you didn't know about or wander a way that you didn't imagine.

Not knowing means the world is open to you...there are no limits on where you can go, what you can do, who you can be. The hardest part of not knowing is not knowing, so if you can be even a little comfortable with that...than you can achieve heights far greater than you can even imagine.

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  1. mare ballJuly 16, 2013 at 7:02 PM

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  2. Marianne (Mare) Baker BallJuly 16, 2013 at 7:11 PM

    I checked in with the wrong account, so I'm posting again. :-) I hate not knowing too, but the older I get, the more I prefer freedom to worrying about plans not going my way. Seems it takes a lifetime to learn this! I found you through the a-z challenge. Come visit, it you'd like. :-)

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