Paralyzing Abundance

That moment when the steep climb levels off and you're neither ascending nor descending, just moving forward on solid ground.

Seemed quite comfortable when you ignore the fact that stagnation can masquerade as stability.

It's in such flat stretches that we tend find ourselves doing the most thinking, the most questioning, the most wondering about what comes next, etc.

I think, for what it's worth, plateaus are an interesting blend of how much you've come so far and how much there's left to go.

Maybe the right word is intersection, instead of blend. Since flat places can also be crossroads to decide whether to persevere or pivot.

I keep realizing across different situations that as long as I keep putting one foot in front of the other, I'll eventually get to any place I'm seeking.

This meta realization however, comes with many variables that aren't necessarily under my control.

One of them is time. Will it take 10 years or 7 years? What set of circumstances decides which gets realized first? Could intensity of effort help on reducing the gap or time would still remain constant?

Something Came Up

It's not uncommon for people to get lost on their way to seeking whatever they're seeking.

Yes, I know life is an adventure, and an adventure is anything with an unpredictable outcome. But how much unpredictability must I allow in order to maintain forward momentum?

Part of me just doesn't feel any peace coming from this sense of powerlessness that accompanies uncertainty.

I'm guessing it's mostly a biological trait as one of the premises by which civilizations were built was the human need to control and predict outcomes.

Another part however clearly understands how two seemingly opposing forces can exist at the same time. As in being both the wind that blows the leaf and the leaf that gets blown by the wind.

The issue of course is that this latter part isn't practical or rather action oriented. It knows that it knows and that's the limit of its contribution.

I sometimes picture it as a brain without a body.

The why, how, what are mostly reserved for the executioner, who's probably asleep or has gone on a vacation or maybe also, isn't born yet.

Information Galore

Being told you're not supposed to have all the answers is frustrating. Some do emphasize that it's actually not needed.
Others go on to mention that the questions matter more than the answers.
Meanwhile, the rest reserve the right to trample on your uncertainty whenever it suits them.

In this abundant information age we currently live in, the quality of the answers you get will largely depend on the quality of questions you ask and the quality of the questions you ask partly depends on your willingness to sit with not knowing.

At least that's a straightforward thread to follow when it comes to navigating this information labyrinth.

Sometimes, it's not easy for your mind to grasp that abundance gives birth to excess and the former can paralyze as much as it liberates.


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