Remember the first book you ever learned to read? It was an important publication. It had a big impact on your life! Yet did the narrative say all that would ever need to be said about your future? Can you refer back to it now and find new wisdom in those words? Some children's stories are pretty rich but still, there are discoveries that we can only hope to make once we become adults. You must now make room in your heart and mind for a different way of looking at life, even if that involves growing out of a view you once held dear.
What you don't know, you'll have to guess. And if you can't guess? Well, what do you mean you 'can't'? Anyone can guess! So if you're reluctant to guess, it can only be because you don't feel you have enough information on which to base a conclusion. But then, if you did, you wouldn't be guessing! Given what you know (albeit that it isn't much) and what you now suspect (which is probably more correct than you realise) you may have no option but to jump to a conclusion today. And for the time being at least, to trust it!
You can press ahead or stage a retreat. It may, though, be tricky to stay where you are. Delicate balances are always hard to maintain, especially when powerful forces are pushing and pulling us at once. An action that, one moment, is sufficient to command great attention may turn out, the next, to seem like a token gesture. What has changed? Ostensibly, not much. But if profound issues are arising, these should be respected, not feared. Your challenge, today, is to adapt delicately to changing circumstances.
When people don't know how to answer difficult questions, they often provide replies which, they imagine, will satisfy the inquirer. 'What is this form wanting me to say in this box?' they may ask. Or 'As I don't know what the right answer is, I wonder if I can at least work out what the wrong answer will be and avoid giving that.' But dialogue based on fear is hardly likely to be productive. Better, today, to let something remain uncertain and undecided than to force a matter to a premature (and probably incorrect) conclusion.
What you don't know, you'll have to guess. And if you can't guess? Well, what do you mean you 'can't'? Anyone can guess! So if you're reluctant to guess, it can only be because you don't feel you have enough information on which to base a conclusion. But then, if you did, you wouldn't be guessing! Given what you know (albeit that it isn't much) and what you now suspect (which is probably more correct than you realise) you may have no option but to jump to a conclusion today. And for the time being at least, to trust it!
You can press ahead or stage a retreat. It may, though, be tricky to stay where you are. Delicate balances are always hard to maintain, especially when powerful forces are pushing and pulling us at once. An action that, one moment, is sufficient to command great attention may turn out, the next, to seem like a token gesture. What has changed? Ostensibly, not much. But if profound issues are arising, these should be respected, not feared. Your challenge, today, is to adapt delicately to changing circumstances.
When people don't know how to answer difficult questions, they often provide replies which, they imagine, will satisfy the inquirer. 'What is this form wanting me to say in this box?' they may ask. Or 'As I don't know what the right answer is, I wonder if I can at least work out what the wrong answer will be and avoid giving that.' But dialogue based on fear is hardly likely to be productive. Better, today, to let something remain uncertain and undecided than to force a matter to a premature (and probably incorrect) conclusion.
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