The fear of the unknown is something I (and most people?) constantly struggle with. I don't like not knowing what is going to happen next, what I should do to prepare (if anything) and whether it will indeed "all work out in the end." The truth, however, is that life is a series of unknown events (that is of course until we are actually living through them). It is impossible to know if that new job is going to work out as planned, or if that new city will have the quality of life you are looking for. Even more, we cannot foresee the people who will come into our lives or what effect they might have. However, I also believe that if we all "hold the keys to our own destiny" and we can all "make the most of a bad situation" then it should stand to reason that the unknown really shouldn't be that scary.
Personally I think people are the biggest of the unknown variables. If we don't know how we are going to react to something tomorrow, then how on earth could we expect to know how someone else might react? I had mentioned in a previous post that we must all be careful not to delegate magical/mystical properties to people we have just met. I mentioned how the illusions we create of others are ultimately our undoing because we disappoint ourselves when the illusion doesn't match reality. But this does not mean that we should close ourselves off to people or experiences. In fact, while there are people who will disappoint you and maybe even hurt you, there are also people who will help us to grow and become the people we were meant to be. There are people who will come into your life when you least expect them and change you forever. There are experiences that may seem what we want at first but actually play out better than you ever could have imagined.
Living is risky business, but I think it is important to realize not everything has to be planned, not everyone is going to react they we want to expect them to and that is ok. Life is about the unforeseen moments that shape what comes next and it is how we handle them that makes all the difference.
