Uncertainty Will Lead To Growth

You weren't made to fall. You weren't made to fail. You were made to learn. To Love and to pick yourself back up. ~ Mastin Kipp

The blog I read by Mastin Kipp from 'The Daily Love' inspires me each time I read it.  There are days that are busy and I end up reading three or four of his blogs at a time because I enjoy his thoughts and take on different ideas.  I love the quote above which says 'You weren't made to fall.  You weren't made to fail.'  So many times we are positive that some factors are trying to break us down but that's not true... The truth is that we all fail at everything the first time we try but we learn from the failure and we get back up and keep going. 

In my own life, just because my romantic relationships have not turned out the way that I knew they were meant to, does not mean it won't or can't happen for me.  Time has a way of helping me see that nothing is impossible, especially when it comes to matters of the heart.  Nothing is a given... just when I think I have it figured out, something comes along to make me realize that Mastin is right, if we want to succeed, we will want to learn. 

Success does not come with one try, success comes with deciding that no matter what life might dish out or how many times we get knocked down that we will get back up and keep on going... only then can success be ours.  As Mastin asks how much uncertainty are you willing to live with, since that is where we grow... if everything is certain, nothing will change.

"I can live with doubt and uncertainty and not knowing. I think it is much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers that might be wrong. If we will only allow that, as we progress, we remain unsure, we will leave opportunities for alternatives. We will not become enthusiastic for the fact, the knowledge, the absolute truth of the day, but remain always uncertain ... In order to make progress, one must leave the door to the unknown ajar."

- Richard P. Feynman 

"Everything you want, also wants you" ~ Jack Canfield 

Uncertainty

I am taking a self awareness course and this quote was posed, "The quality of your life is directly related to the amount of uncertainty you can comfortably live with. Tony Robbins", told by Mastin Kipp♥".  We all need certainty but as much as we need this, we cannot have it all the time, if we did... we would be bored.  So, we need uncertainty as well to thrive.  As soon as I heard that I knew how true it was, we need uncertainty as it can bring excitement.  However; we cannot have total uncertainty, it can be reckless.

If I am ever to grow, I have to give up the need to have total certainty in my life, if I don't I will never have any of my dreams or desires.  I have stopped myself from having what I need by not always allowing myself to be open to change.  We all do this to a different degrees due to the fear of the unknown.  

Anytime I have allowed myself to be open to change, that is when I have grown the most.  I have had disappointment and sadness in my life, we all have but if we close ourselves off due to the pain we cannot have what we need and want.  This past year of my life, I have been more open than I have ever been, this was when I knew that I was meant to be there for a very good friend, I was meant to help them.  I was extremely happy to do this for my friend, I never felt it was an imposition.  I would do this again in a moment. 

I also reconnected with my friend who is my soul mate, it's so amazing to have that relationship in my life. If I had not been open to doing what I knew I should, I never would have been open to my friend.  Then when things did not work out perfectly right away, I started to close up, my excuse... I was sad.  I didn't want to feel the pain.  I stopped my growth with fear.  In this past week, I have realized that I need to open up again, regardless of the outcome, I need to do this to grow. 

As scary as I know it will be... I need to embrace the uncertainty.