Don’t Fear Chaos

Uncertainty is unnerving.  

No matter how in control you feel, the reality is that underlying the universe we experience is chaos. 

And that chaos interrupts our lives all the time.

So we can never be certain. 

I liken this to skiing.

For me, skiing is the art of allowing yourself to be out of control. 

You are sliding on snow. Sliding!!!! 

And you can’t just put your foot down and stop, like you can when you are walking.

The first time I went skiing I was going so fast and I felt like I was totally out of control.

What you learn skiing is to be ok with the lack of control and to exert control over the slide where you can. 

You don’t have to be in control of everything and trying to will cause you to fail.

Relax. Don’t fear the chaos.

Accept it and exercise control where you can and you will probably get to the end of the run in fairly good shape and may even have a little fun on the way down.