When nothing is sure, everything is possible – Margaret Drabble.
In these quarantine times, we don’t know exactly what the future holds. I was recently on a Zoom call with one of my accountability groups. At the time of this writing, it’s the last week of April 2020 and stay-at-home orders will supposedly end on May 15th. But will they really? I have a feeling it’s going to extend to the end of May. We will see.
At my work, we have a tenet: Only God knows what tomorrow holds. These past weeks have been such a mixed bag of emotions, and the only thing I am certain of is there is uncertainty. I started reading the book Uncertainty by Jonathan Fields over a year ago, but stopped because life got in the way. It seems like a perfect to pick it up again. On page 11 of the book, the author writes,
“Uncertainty is about what goes on in your head, your heart, and your gut as you strive to create anything truly extraordinary. It’s about the nutty things we do, the gremlins we battle, the decisions we make and actions we take in the pursuit of long-term, large-scale creative, artistic, entrepreneurial, and organizational greatness.”
I have been having conversations with my friends about what life, what work is going to look like when the state opens up. Are we all going to be wearing masks forever? Will all my self-care places, like the Korean spa, the gym, Optimum Health Institute be operating drastically different? What will travel look like? These are some of the questions rattling around my mind.
I also think about what happens if I don’t do anything differently. Do I want to go back to “business as usual?” The short answer is no. In these short few weeks, I’ve started to do things outside my comfort zone, like going on FB live and Instagram live, risking looking like a fool. Now I’m asking myself, what else can I do that’s a little uncertain, a little beyond my comfort level? I’m uncertain what tomorrow holds and I’m also excited by what’s to come. If I say my mission is to help people create new possibilities for themselves, I need to also walk my talk. When nothing is sure, everything is possible.
