The Unknown
A note on what scares us the most
“As humans, do you know what we fear the most?” said my best friend, Cole.
I responded with “No, what’s that?”
“The unknown.”
But why is this? What is it about not knowing that scares us the most? More than so many things that are tangible, and exist right before our eyes.
Well, maybe that’s the exact thing we’re scared of.
We cannot see it, we cannot believe it, and we most definitely do not understand it… Until it becomes everything we know.
Have you ever felt so sure of something, something that you probably shouldn’t have even been so sure about? Wait, is that delusion?
Anyway.
Maybe there were signs all along, little touch points you chose to ignore. But throughout you’ve managed to convince yourself that whatever it is you’re doing, is going to be ok - or better yet you’ll make it out the other side and get whatever it is you wanted, exactly how you wanted.
That my friend, sounds like a dream. The handy work of a hopeful Pisces.
Feelings are incredible, they can be the fuel for so much. On the other side of that shiny coin, they can also present themselves as a cinder block tied to your ankle with a chain. You don’t have the key though.
Down to the ocean floor you go if that’s the case.
It’s funny, for a species that is so scared of the unknown, we love to love. We love to chase that feeling. The warm fuzzy one.
I sure do.
It’s been a couple of years since I really felt that weight on my shoulders, the positive type of weight.
It can take weeks, months, sometimes years before you realise what you’re feeling, or what you felt. But that is life right?
Back to the unknown.
The pull of the unknown keeps us going. It is the gift that keeps on giving in the moment.
You know what I find the most interesting though? As nervous as the unknown makes me feel, it is the most exciting thing at the same damn time.
Like dying. I used to be so scared of death, it took me years to find a way to be ok with the thought of dying. I still don’t even know if I am truly ok with dying.
We can think about life and love all we want, and plan forward, dream big, whatever.
It’s all the unknown until it’s not.
Lots of love,
LB