I've been thinking a lot about how in the space of a second things change. One moment status quo, the next, it's all different. I know that this isn't a new concept- Gladwell expounded on it quite articulately. I've just had so many micro changes in such a short period of time that it's humbled me.
Life is purely mostly unexpected. In the space between one breath and the next- one blink and the next, the change happens. I am awed by the fact that humans don't kneel over with the anxiety of the unknown at every given second, regardless of if the change brings joy or pain.
I guess that's why we feed ourselves lies about the amount of control we actually have. We tell ourselves that if we read enough, workout enough, sleep enough, know enough we will beat the indeterminate haze of the future. We are wrong.
We have essentially no control of any of the variables outside of our physical bodies. And if we are being honest we have very little control over what happens on the inside of our bodies. No one can predict cancer right? Or a stroke. Yeah- there are contributing factors with graphs and charts but they only narrow the field. They aren't infallible and typically aren't accurate.
The unknown is both a scary and a hopeful thing. The change can be the best thing that ever happened to you, it can also potentially be the worst. All we really know is that adaptation is inevitable.
Today that makes me feel heavy.
-Dewb
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