Thank you for these words and thoughts to chew on. I notice that the first step would be in noticing when the action you are taking or the thoughts you are having are driven by fear of the unknown and trying to create uncertainty.
And then developing that ability to do as you describe above with the fear - see it for what it is and what else it could be point instead. Developing that ability to switch to the other possibilities, like building. I notice the few times recently I’ve seen you write about Building resonate with me. I like the solidness of the word that feels like something that once built, even in a small degree, can become a foundation for more building but also to anchor and hold onto when needed. There are gale force winds here again today and I am extremely grateful to be in a solid building.
Appreciate you! That is poetically expressed by what I feel and want to be felt around Building!
How we relate to uncertainty shapes everything.
Most of us were taught to treat it as a problem to solve, a gap to close.
But what if uncertainty is actually the space where new possibilities are born?
Watch how your nervous system responds when you treat uncertainty not as a threat, but as a creative force.
Can you feel the difference between the tension of needing to know, and the aliveness of curious not-knowing? @su_dreams on X
This is truly hard for me.
Thank you for revisiting this topic. Soooooo pertinent to me right now when all of my terror is linked to uncertainty about my ability to cope over the next month let alone for the rest of my life and the ability of my most cherished human to survive and thrive
There has been no dancing for me. I feel like I do not know how to dance with uncertainty. All the pressure to DO THINGS NOW!!
You’ve written about it. And how it almost killed you doing it. I see the impact on me. But so hard to shift. Maybe listening to this workshop again could help me.
Yeah, sometimes the dance with uncertainty is more a mosh pit slam dance. Ouch.
I often note in myself that the intention to dance with uncertainty is like a salve that helps that part of me that is to-do and productivity oriented. Did work with Gus on this today. It’s a skill I practice almost every day, sometimes quite unsuccessfully, and sometimes: Be++
Rick