How To Appreciate That Space Where You Know There's So Much You Don't Know

Yes, there are those things that you know that you know. I wrote about that 2 weeks ago.

But there’s so much that I’m realizing I don’t know. And that’s hard because it forces me to accept that I am not in control, not really, of so much of my life.

I don’t know when’s the right time to retire.

I don’t know when I’ll find my person.

I don’t know if my children will have children.

I don’t know how much time I have left with my 93-year-old dad.

And that’s okay. In fact, it’s kinda nice to not know. If I allow it, it can put me in the space of anticipating: anticipating surprises that delight, anticipating insight that shows the path, anticipating mystery that intrigues. As much as we think we’d like to know all the things right now, we really wouldn’t. It would lead us into a space of predictability, perhaps even boredom.

And truthfully, there is so much we don’t know and can’t know. And that’s okay. It allows for magic.

Far better to relax into the not knowing, trusting that if or when it’s important for you to know, you’ll know. The answers will come in their perfect time, and not one moment sooner.

Try this ONE thing

Can you sit in the not knowing space and just enjoy it. What a peaceful way to live.

Want to experience coaching? I like to start with a deep, get-to-know-you conversation to see if we are right for each other. Sometimes we talk for one or two hours at no charge. I have no goal except to bring about transformation. Together we work on the lies, the self-deception, the fears of the power you perceive to be outside yourself. We work on your difficulties in making decisions and your inability thus far to make bold choices in life and to follow through and trust yourself completely to do so.

The irony for some people is that the very thing that they want the coaching for (an indecisive, half-hearted life) is what’s keeping them from deciding whether to get coaching.

When you’re ready, reach out @ karen.laidlaw.theONEthing@outlook.com. Meanwhile, enjoy the blog!