Security is something we all long for. \u00a0Security in our job.\u00a0 Security in our financial state.\u00a0 Security in our relationships. \u00a0We look for security in certainty \u2013 in knowing what to expect each day, in knowing what our tomorrow will look like, in knowing what future we are securing for ourselves.<\/p>\n
But if you really stop and think about it, there is really no such thing as security in \u201cknowing\u201d because reality is that everything in our lives is uncertain.\u00a0 And the more we try to seek security in the certain, the more insecure we will find ourselves, because life just isn\u2019t.\u00a0 So how then can we feel secure?<\/p>\n
In Deepak Chopra\u2019s book, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success he states:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe search for security is an illusion. In ancient wisdom traditions, the solution to this whole dilemma lies in the wisdom of insecurity, or the wisdom of uncertainty. This means that the search for security and certainty is actually an attachment to the known. And what.s the known? The known is our past. The known is nothing other than the prison of past conditioning.\u00a0 There’s no evolution in that . absolutely none at all. And when there is no evolution, there is stagnation, entropy, disorder, and decay.<\/span><\/p>\n Uncertainty, on the other hand, is the fertile ground of pure creativity and freedom. Uncertainty means stepping into the unknown in every moment of our existence. The unknown is the field of all possibilities, ever fresh, ever new, always open to the creation ot new manifestations.\u00a0 Without uncertainty and the unknown, life is just the stale repetition of outworn memories. You become the victim of the past, and your tormentor today is your self left over from yesterday.<\/span><\/p>\n Relinquish your attachment to the known, step into the unknown, and you will step into the field of all possibilities. In your willingness to step into the unknown, you will have the wisdom of uncertainty factored in. This means that in every moment of your life, you will have excitement, adventure, mystery. You will experience the fun of life, the magic, the celebration, the exhilaration, and the exultation of your own spirit.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0When I first read Deepak\u2019s book that particular section really got to me. I had always been a person searching for security, and that passage made me realize that I needed to find my security by getting comfortable with the notion of uncertainty.\u00a0 I needed to embrace the uncertainty of life as a gift rather than something to fear.\u00a0 And I needed to rely on faith that I could get through whatever uncertainties lied in store for me in the future.<\/p>\n I came across a great poem that serves as a reminder of this principle:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n So Come, Tomorrow <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n Security is not in knowing<\/p>\n what will come<\/p>\n nor if it will be<\/p>\n bad or good.<\/p>\n It is a faith drawn taut<\/p>\n with having learned<\/p>\n and seen and done<\/p>\n that says, Tomorrow, come.<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0-Emma Lou Thayne<\/p>\n Have a great day everyone! And embrace uncertainty!<\/p>\n ~Amy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Security is something we all long for. \u00a0Security in our job.\u00a0 Security in our financial state.\u00a0 Security in our relationships. \u00a0We look for security in certainty \u2013 in knowing what to expect each day, in knowing what our tomorrow will look like, in knowing what future we are securing for ourselves. 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