Uncertainty Abounds

Uncertainty begins before we are born as we do not know if we will be black or white, male or female, tall or short, or if we will have the intellect to go to college.

Not even the weatherman (or woman) can accurately predict the uncertainty of the weather.

Each day that we are alive on earth, we have no idea if this is going to be our last day or not because of the uncertainty we have about tomorrow.

As a child and perhaps as a young adult that uncertainty does not seem to make much difference to us as we are concerned with other things...  BUT, as we grow older, that uncertainty becomes more and more of a problem for us both mentally and physically.

I certainly had no idea that I was going to have a heart attack while walking on the treadmill at age 60 but I did.  I had not smoked for 20 years.  I had not eaten red meat for 20 years.  I had not consumed alcohol for 20 years.  I exercised 5-7 days each week without hesitation...  and yet, I had the heart attack.

Talk about being surprised because of that uncertainty.

None of us know how long we are going to live nor do we know how we are going to die.  We don't know what our careers will look like or if we will get married and have a family.

We live each day, one day at a time, but when you think about it, we live that one day actually one moment at a time.

With that in mind, I have no certainty that I will finish this article and post it, although the odds are in my favor that I will.  Still, there is uncertainty even with that thought.

This uncertainty can work to our advantage.  Let's say that we are in the Army and our unit has been sent into a war zone to engage in battle with the other side.  Do we hide as much as possible or simply go about our business since we don't know when our time will come to die?

On the other side of the coin, if the enemy understands that logic, then they could wildly charge since nothing is certain that they will die and could possibly overrun our position.

Wealthy people continue to work and see how much money they can make, even though they don't need the money, simply because they have no idea when they are going to die.

We don't admit it and perhaps we don't want to admit it but we live with uncertainty EVERY MOMENT OF EVERY DAY.