Day 293 - A Year to Clear - Embrace Your Not Knowing

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Photo by Marek Szturc on Unsplash

Photo by Marek Szturc on Unsplash

Lesson 293: Embrace Your Not Knowing

Today we are to embrace what “not knowing” means to us by completing the following sentences:

 

  • What happens to me when something doesn't add up, make sense, or is downright mystifying is______

  • It is safe for me to hang out in a state of not knowing because______

  • One thing I can do to ease my discomfort around not knowing what to do (the answer, what my next steps should be) is______

  • I know that things always work out for me, no matter what they look like on the outside, because______

 

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My answers:

 

  • What happens to me when something doesn't add up, make sense, or is downright mystifying is that it sends my mind into a noisy chaos.

  • It is safe for me to hang out in a state of not knowing because I know that everything works out the way it’s supposed to.

  • One thing I can do to ease my discomfort around not knowing what to do (the answer, what my next steps should be) is to slow down and breathe through it.

  • I know that things always work out for me, no matter what they look like on the outside, because I let it go and the Universe will let things flow.

Day 290 - A Year to Clear - Be With Not Knowing

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Lesson 290: Be With Not Knowing

Sometimes things in life don’t make sense. Sometimes we feel like we can’t figure things out so situations feel unresolved. Sometimes we are just boggled and can’t find the right answer. Today is about being okay with discomfort. That in the discomfort of not knowing, that we can find clarity as it will also reveal itself. What’s something that has been providing discomfort lately or an issue occurring in your life that you don’t really understand why?

For me, I think that the major thing that has brought questions of why, is my mum telling me she has a growth in her breast. I find out soon if it’s cancer. I have been trying to process it. It’s one of those things that you don’t wish upon anyone, especially someone you love, but it’s a part of life. I had a good cry and let the emotions flow through me. What makes me uncomfortable at the moment is the waiting game of further tests to confirm. The wait is the shittiest part of all of this.

What it has allowed me to think about is why it’s important to allow challenges in your life to flow through you. Get upset, take the time to process and then think about the way to move forward. What it teaches me is not to wallow and allow my emotions to consume me. I believe that it’s about embracing the discomfort and learning from it. There may be roller coaster moments of emotion during these challenges, but that’s all part of building resilience. We become strong through things we haven’t faced before – sometimes because we have to. I think it’s important to not solely face on what’s going wrong, but what positive thoughts and actions I can bring to the situation. It’s about how we overcome adversity and how that experience can assist another.  Sometimes it’s just about having to think bigger than ourselves.

Did you find clarity within something in your life this week?