Humans hate uncertainty, thus we strive to be sure about things. A tolerance for uncertainty invites the ability to be vulnerable, another state that humans generally try to avoid. It takes courage to be vulnerable, and thus to allow possibilities to emerge.
Thank you for this. I turn 70 tomorrow. I am astonished at how we appear to be still, when in fact we are rotating rapidly on the axis of our earth planet, and hurtling through space to destinations unknown. Is it possible that even in stillness, there is movement and change?
On Nov 5, 2024 Signe wrote on Between Knowing And Not Knowing, by Ruth Ozeki and Ezra Klein: