We all think we want certainty. For certain it would bring relief to our minds. It would help us to feel less anxious. We could face the world with greater assurance. We would also find ourselves with no need to be present any longer. Our minds would wander into unknown possibilities of what we could be doing instead. Instead of doing or being in the very thing, we were certain was going to happen. The challenge with certainty is the assurance we seek in it robs us of one of the vital elements of what it means to be alive. God encourages us to rest in the amount of certainty provided in everyday life as it comes. God invites us to breathe and live in the assurance of uncertainty. It is what calls us to find the assurance we seek outside ourselves within ourselves. The lack of certainty garners the resources of our hearts that revel in novelty and mystery which can feed our minds the same if we are willing to accept it. The assurance we seek outside is a mirror of what we are not finding within ourselves. Finding a resting place in the heart of who we are to be capable and available to what is calling us to show up as the best version of ourselves in this very moment is what it means to be alive. It does not always make sense. We cannot know for certain how it will turn out. But when we go within our hearts to find the truth and meaning of the very core of who we are we find the assurance that for right here, right now, we are exactly where we are supposed to be. Yes, I know it is not always easy but fretting about how to make things more certain never brought me the kind of peace of mind that taking a moment to pause and connect into my heart to remind me of the beauty of being alive always does if I let it.
Are we willing to discover a way to take a pause from our mind’s sometimes frantic attempt to look for certainty and tap into the well of assurance of what it means to be alive today?
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