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Daily Question, May 9

In what ways is uncertainty a gift?

  • SK

    Uncertainty allows us to know what we don’t know and to continue the journey to find out. It allows us a chance to delve deeply into our souls and come up for air and figure out that everything will eventually be ok. The opposite of fear is trust. The opposite of uncertainty is faith.

  • Vicki
    I am reading this on May 10th. Before I read this, I had a friend ask me how my adult daughter is doing. She's having a rough go of it, a lot of uncertainty in her life right now. My reply to my friend was this...."Hopefully, she'll get things sorted. I think it's the uncertainty, the not knowing what the future holds. I said sometimes having the trust/faith that things will work out, and letting go of that control can be fr...

    I am reading this on May 10th. Before I read this, I had a friend ask me how my adult daughter is doing. She’s having a rough go of it, a lot of uncertainty in her life right now. My reply to my friend was this….”Hopefully, she’ll get things sorted. I think it’s the uncertainty, the not knowing what the future holds. I said sometimes having the trust/faith that things will work out, and letting go of that control can be freeing. You still have to set out a plan to move forward but allowing yourself to believe that things will get better can keep you more in the moment. I opened this up and look what the question is. How amazing is that?

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  • Archie

    Uncertainty is a gift because it strengthens my faith. Everytime I feel an outcome is highly uncertain, the stronger I believe that God will deliver the best outcome for me.

  • Malag

    If life were certain it would be stifling, a bit of a Groundhog Day experience. Where it gets tricky is having a possibly bad outcome hanging over me. I rarely see that type of uncertainty as a gift! 

  • Javier Visionquest

    If this uncertainty that I’ve been living with the last five days is a gift then I’d like to exchange it for some assurance that would befit a plan of action.

  • Ose
    When I read the question I must say that I was thinking: I don´t like uncertainty to be a gift, but probably, it is... it echoes the "not knowing" inside myself in a way, which I am still tempted to fix often enough into "knowing". To stay open to whatever life may bring I still feel is a challenge, but leaning fully into the question, all of a sudden, it creates a sense of freedom. So this I take as the gift of uncertainty for the moment being. A most beautiful and most precious gift indeed. T...

    When I read the question I must say that I was thinking: I don´t like uncertainty to be a gift, but probably, it is… it echoes the “not knowing” inside myself in a way, which I am still tempted to fix often enough into “knowing”. To stay open to whatever life may bring I still feel is a challenge, but leaning fully into the question, all of a sudden, it creates a sense of freedom. So this I take as the gift of uncertainty for the moment being. A most beautiful and most precious gift indeed. Thank you dearly for this question.

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  • sunnypatti

    Uncertainty is a gift because it’s a reminder that we are not in control. Uncertainty can surprise us, make us laugh, make us cry, and keeps us wondering what might happen next. Sure, we can take steps to help pave our path, but there’s always that bit of the unknown on where it is really going to lead us.

  • sb

    Uncertainty can be really scary but if we embrace it, it allows us to find/experience something different, to give us the possibility of something better than we expect, to take us in a different direction than we might plan but may turn out to be better than we could imagine. Sometimes we need to go with the flow and see where it takes us.

  • Lauryn

    In the way that it offers the possibility of something greater than what you expect.

  • Don Jones

    It shines a light on on the false idea that somehow I am in control of this unfolding. In fact, it reinforces the importance of the idea of being in flow, that is, carried along with the prevailing energy.

  • dcdeb

    I’ve had to dig deep to get an answer for this one. I’m sorry i can’t think of anything. So i guess from my answer that the only gift that i got from pondering and coming up with nothing is honesty.

    • Holly in Ohio

      Sometimes I come up with nothing to questions, too. But the questions still sit with me. Sometimes the asking is more important. Bravo to you for being honest!

  • Holly in Ohio
    Sometimes when life is uncertain and unpleasant, or when much change is taking place, I pick the music score. Lol. It helps! We like uncertainty and transitions in movies and books. I find that by placing myself in a movie of sorts helps me to realize this is not the end of the movie... it is the challenge.... and that resolution and a satisfactory ending will come. In some strange way it helps me to endure the uncertainty of the present with less fear, to hear music in my head and perhaps...

    Sometimes when life is uncertain and unpleasant, or when much change is taking place, I pick the music score. Lol. It helps! We like uncertainty and transitions in movies and books. I find that by placing myself in a movie of sorts helps me to realize this is not the end of the movie… it is the challenge…. and that resolution and a satisfactory ending will come. In some strange way it helps me to endure the uncertainty of the present with less fear, to hear music in my head and perhaps feel that I am the heroine in a story that is unfolding.

    Change and uncertainty is a part of life. I’m not sure I would even feel alive if I knew what would happen tomorrow, a year from now, and which day and how I would die. While I am in this ever-moving river and I’m watching scenery go by on the shore, I am in a place where anything might happen. That can be scary if we look at it that way and only expect crashing against the rocks, but it also could be the source of all dreams come true, all wonderful people we have yet to meet, experiences yet to have or share, love yet to feel, things yet to learn, ways yet to grow, love and nurturing yet to give, understanding yet to have.

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  • Patricia L H

    Uncertainty can open me to curiousity about what is possible

  • Debra

    Uncertainty as a gift? It envelopes most of life really yet in moments I seem to fear it and in other moments love it. A sort of “yin and yang” tossing me opportunities and challenges. My recent uncertainty is when and how I will move to a community I want very much to call home. In the best light, I try to allow it to unfold, uncertainties and all. No use trying to swim up river. Let the current of life draw me near.

  • Yram

    I was thinking that the gift of uncertainty gives way to the power of faith and hope.
    Happy Day everyone!

  • Cliff

    Uncertainty is the gift that keeps on giving to me and which spices, what otherwise could become a mundane existence. Sometimes the spices of uncertainty are sweet and savory while other times they are hot or bitter. Whatever the taste, they are present. And they usually beckon a choice from me.

  • Toni
    I don't like that word "uncertain" it fills me with fear. I don't like driving and since I was invited my cousin in law's house and said yes I can't back out now. I haven't been driving much since the pandemic. And that doesn't matter I just get nervous driving. But since I have a car that was just tuned up and has a great sound system I will sing all the way and get through it. And the vagus nerve vibrating while singing calms me down and changes me from the inside. And fear goes away, an...

    I don’t like that word “uncertain” it fills me with fear. I don’t like driving and since I was invited my cousin in law’s house and said yes I can’t back out now. I haven’t been driving much since the pandemic. And that doesn’t matter I just get nervous driving. But since I have a car that was just tuned up and has a great sound system I will sing all the way and get through it. And the vagus nerve vibrating while singing calms me down and changes me from the inside. And fear goes away, and that certainly is a gift! The scriptures say, “there is no fear in love, love cast out all fear. Thank God for that!

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    • Mica

      Fear of driving is such a pain, isn’t it? I’m a wussy driver. My car needs me to drive it now, or its battery will die, given how little I drive it during the pandemic. Warm wishes for a happy visit –

  • Ed Schulte

    In what ways is uncertainty a gift? I am not sure, interesting question though, so I will ‘apply introspection’ to myself and find out why. After all ‘introspection’ is a “gift” only Self conscious Beings ( aka Humans ) have.

    And a Blessed and Restful “Mother’s Day” to ALL Mothers, past, present and future. Very appropriate that it occurs within the time frame of Pentecost …the celibration of Holy Spirit as well.

  • GratefulOne

    You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope.

    -Thomas Merton

  • Carol
    On this Mother’s Day, I am reminded of the words of my mentor who addressed my uncertainty many years ago. He said, “Carol, there is a part of you that has never been afraid. You can always call her forth. Let her tell that bully that lives in your head, to hush the negative self-talk, to sit down and be quiet. Let her pick up your wounded and frightened little girl and tell her that together you can make it.” I can still recall how something deep within me said, “Yes.” I chose to take...

    On this Mother’s Day, I am reminded of the words of my mentor who addressed my uncertainty many years ago. He said, “Carol, there is a part of you that has never been afraid. You can always call her forth. Let her tell that bully that lives in your head, to hush the negative self-talk, to sit down and be quiet. Let her pick up your wounded and frightened little girl and tell her that together you can make it.” I can still recall how something deep within me said, “Yes.” I chose to take his words to heart and the imagery he provided helped me to know at my core that psychological fear dwells in the past and the future. It cannot survive in the present moment. It’s a reminder of the metaphorical story of creation in the Book of Genesis that teaches me the importance of non-resistance. That story is evolutionary. It says that the “I AM” creates by “letting.” “Letting is an action not a reaction. I find it opens me, gives me permission to live my questions instead of frantically looking for answers. It reminds me that worrying about the future is futile. What I need is always and only available in the present moment so if I choose to dwell in the past or the future, I go there alone. The part of you and me, that has never been afraid, lives in the present moment. I’m certain of that!

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