No it doesn’t have to.
My mind is always looking for closure, certainty. But there is none.
All my life I have been trying to figure out life. And in a way I still am. But not so much anymore. My state fluctuates between knowing and not knowing.
I used to find that not knowing very scared and uncomfortable.
But not so much anymore. Less.
Because there is so much freedom to find in the unknown.
Trying to grasp it all, to control so many things, that is where all the tension and stress is coming from.
And that’s fine too in a way, because parts of us want to protect us and figure everything out. They want to get clear and make sure we will survive! So knowing makes things predictable and controllable.
But I also experienced that there can be too much wanting, too much control, grasping. Too much worry about the future.
I let the future take care of itself more. More than before.
The result? The presence becomes more available. It becomes more alive.
All our cravings, all our tension and stress, that is where all the inner (and outer) wars come from. Many more than are necessary, creating an awful lot of destruction on this planet for ourselves and others. And I have been contributing to it too, a lot.
But still it is my intention to do that less, to work on myself and to learn. And in a way it is happening naturally. By life.
Life is guiding us in so many ways. We’re just hard learners. And some lessons can be very hard.
Until it clicks. Until we surrender. Until we understand, at a deeper layer than before.
By grace of the universe.
Yes, we have responsibility in this.
And… The universe is helping us in so many ways.
May you be well and have a beautiful, harmonious day.