03/16/2022
The Perception Of The Unknown
When you think about the future, what feelings do you experience?
Fear?
Anxiety?
Depression?
Excitement?
Determination?
Anger?
Joy?
Now, take everything you had in your head about what you think, have planned, or expect your future to be like.
Wipe the slate clean.
Now, with absolutely nothing in your mind, think about the future. If something comes into your mind, wipe it away, keeping that slate clean, bare, empty.
How does not being able to see, plan, or expect the future make you feel?
Are your feelings different?
Or the same?
The future, is exactly how we perceive it to be.
And like our emotions, plans, expectations, it's constantly changing, shifting, moving.
I used to have a plan for what I expected my future to be.
Married in my early 20's, having between 3-8 kids, if not more (I used to want up to 16 🤣), being a stay at home Mum, growing old with my husband, having grandkids and great-grandkids coming over for Sunday dinners and holidays, and spending most of my life out on a horse farm with my own little bakery on the property.
That did NOT happen!
I used to get really depressed, angry, I was beyond confused, wondering why my plans, the expectations of me, weren't panning out like they were "supposed to".
Now, being in my mid 30's, I no longer have set in stone expectations for my future. Because I know now that the future I may want, most likely isn't the future I'm meant live.
My perception when I think about my future is no longer full of anger, depression, or confusion.
My perception for my future is calm, excited, and fluid like water, because the future... isn't set in stone. It's fluid like water as well.
Do you like your perception of the future? Or would you be happier with a change?
