Further Than Expected
Forget the way it was , weigh anchor, cast off Lines
Our expectations are limitations
moored to the predictable
The unexpected happens constantly
We seek clarity as if it was the same as certainty
What can be done?
Weigh anchor Abandon hindsight
Head on a new course, let time have its due
Venture further than expected
Change can go further than expected. Our expectations are limitations. We can only know and imagine so much.
Small changes happen daily and often within earshot of our imagination. We stand tall, and feel like we're in control. Each day is moored to the predictable.
It's the big changes, barely within our line of sight, which knocks us off balance. They are blossoms of opportunity and bursts of challenges. We're adrift on an ocean. We don't steer anything beyond ourselves and life is unpredictable. Our legs feel weak and we feel lost.
Weird, unexpected and big changes happen constantly. People crave a course heading. The harder we look, the more likely we'll feel our way into the waters of false answers.
We seek clarity as if it was the same as certainty. No one likes to be thought weak, so we decide by feeling out reality in false pairs. It's heaven, it's hell. It's all or nothing. It's bad, it's good. Too much weight was credited to a handful of events and experiences, the rest discounted.
We slip into letting our sliver of the world surround and overshadow reality. It’s the risk is staying anchored to the past, because the change has been too much or not enough.
We are emotional noisy adding machines, we are not fact-finding silent analytics software. Reaching for certainty blocks thinking clearly about all the "what ifs" and all the odds. People can't feel their way through the odds of life.
What can be done?
Forget the way it was. Weigh anchor. Cast off lines.
Abandon hindsight and over-confidence. In retrospect everything looks so obvious. We completely forgot we had no idea what was going happen. Throw predictions overboard.
Chart a new course for ourselves and our feelings. Allow for probability and patience. Stay on this new course, adjust for the currents and climate, and let time and the world have its due. Changes are ahead.