Sure Fire Thing

I got to thinking about "sure fire things" for some reason. The "safe move" - "easy way out" kinda thing.

Human beings thrive for things that are known - no need for explanation, just see and do. There's no question in math or logic. The sun will rise and set, the earth will revolve around the sun in a matter of 365 days give or take a few hours til daylight savings, and we'll go through four seasons every year, breathing the same air, and living out the lives we set for ourselves. We love less controversy than more (though the media begs the question to defer from that logic), and we enjoy seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.

As much as you might say, "wait, no. There's definitely a joy in not knowing certain things" - and I can see that too, agree, and also, disagree. What we claim to be "joy in the unknown" is really just anxiety, worry, fear, etc that we trick ourselves into thinking its "good" or "joy".

No... you're scared out of your mind. The future is unpredictable - with the exception of the stock market, the economy, and other things like the weather, but each of those also has an "element of surprise."

But what I mean is, we ask ourselves questions like,

"what do i want to do with my life?"
"where will I be in 10 years? 5 years? 1 year? tomorrow?"
"what's in store for me?"
on and on it goes...

That's something you can think about, predict, and plan out, but lets face it, we have no idea. None. And that in and of itself, is scary.

What if I die tomorrow? What if I'm not successful? What if I'm not happy?

Scary.

I think about those questions a lot. But not just about me, about people around me too. Family, friends, strangers, homeless people - do you wonder what they think about? Whether or not there's any mentality where they're thinking "this can't be all I'm here for" when they curl up on a bench or a shelter and fall asleep? (i realize im being stereotypical, but there are more people living like that than we know...and I figure you get my point.

But then you think about "sure fire things" - and it's a complete contradiction. Because in reality, is there any such thing at all?

Are we ever sure? Is there ever no shadow of doubt? No question in our minds?

No.

And that,



is my "sure-fire" logic.





*****Just a side note though - I have no doubt that people are very ambitious creatures who strive for good things in life (and have good anxiety about it) because my first perception of people is good before its bad. There's a definite flaw in thinking there, I'm sure. What can i say, I'm naive. Anyway.. I'm not trying to make people feel bad or scared about the future. I'm just making notes of thoughts I think about a lot. Agree, disagree, whatever. It's just the way my head is working at this given moment.