uncertainty

February 27, 2007 by  

Two important things I’ve learned since going solo 8 years ago are: the importance of 1) doing nothing and, 2) accepting uncertainty. A friend recently commented “Mary, I don’t know how you do it”. I told her that I’m in the habit of making conscious choice. For example, I could choose to hate the wildly swinging finances of entrepreneurship and independent professional services. Or, I could choose to love the creativity, excitement, risk-taking and independence that makes me feel so wildly alive. So I choose the latter. The more you choose, the less you are even aware that you choosing; its just part of your identity.

There’s so much great stuff out there about these subjects, but rather than list them, I’ll share something from the audiobook that I’ve been listening to this week. One of the amazing things about conscious choice is that sychronicity follows. This cool story/audiobook, that I’d never heard of and just happened to stumble upon, is an example. In The Wind Up Bird Chronicle, there’s a colorful, kinda crazy character, Mr Honda, who is deaf, old, an aesthetic and psychic who loves to holler spiritual advice. Its a perfect statement for “doing nothing” and the synchronicity of finding it (or better…it finding me!) made me smile.

Here’s the audio:

Here’s the text:

“The point is is to not resist the flow. You go up when you’re supposed to go up – find the highest tower tower.gifand climb to the top! You go down when you’re supposed to go down – find the deepest well well.gifand go down to the bottom! When there’s no flow stay still – it can be hard to wait for the flow to start but when you have to wait you have to wait!”

I can’t think of an image for the “waiting” that Mr Honda describes. Maybe there is none, and that’s the point.

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