The future is uncertain… but this uncertainty is at the very heart of human creativity. ~Ilya Prigogine

Uncertainty

We like to say that there’s value in uncertainty. LIving with the unknown has opportunity in itself. Initially, this is a hard concept to wrap your head around.

Life. Doing it. Moving on a daily basis to take care of “what we have to do” in an ever-changing ratio with “what we’d like to do.”

When we know where we’re going, we can proceed in an energetic or even tempered way. But, when we’re uncertain, doubtful, unsure of the next steps, our anxiety can manifest as our being unwilling to choose, thus keeping us….. stuck.😆

Uncertainty. Such an interesting state— one that forces us to consider the options, the choices, if we can generate them — and to make or cease forward motion along the way.

There’s this kind of uncertainty, when we don’t know which next step to take, but there’s a deeper kind, one that doesn’t offer a familiar picture of the near or midrange future. At those times it’s like walking into the fog, or the dark, or into the who knows what?

The unknown. And then there’s the unknowable — that is until we explore, or are willing to take a chance, or a risk — and then what?.....

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Meditation is the prelude to the answer because a quiet mind, a mind emptied of rumination is a more fertile space for creativity to emerge. And creativity with its companion curiosity are ingredients for coping with the unknown.

Journaling after meditation will help you clarify those creativity cloudbursts and narrow your focus from the chaos of uncertainty to the calm of coping with transitions in productive and actionable steps.

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In the words of German poet, Rainer Maria Rillke, in his letter to a young friend he offers this advice….

"…have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and
try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language.
Don't search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them.
And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer."

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Guest Deb Beroset is no stranger to UNCERTAINTY. Deb is a “spirited and bodacious” woman whose most recent retreat here in Tucson inspired us to get familiar with her background as a creator and facilitator of retreats for women. Her process is an opportunity to become unapologetic, unabashed and unleashed. You will thoroughly enjoy this conversation! BONUS for our listeners: Use the code BOOMTALKVIP to get your first month of Club Moxie membership free (or $27 off an annual membership): www.itstimeformoxie.com/club-moxie​

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