Uncertainties in life!

The most amazing part of one's life is that one never knows what next life will throw at you. You decide to do one thing and then some things are decided by some other force. The tragedy is, most often the wish of that force succumbs your own wish. Another thing that one can never figure out is how many forces are in cahoots with each other to make sure that your own wish doesn't prevail. Are there many such forces? Is it one?

Theists out of no other choice, term it 'the will of God'. Is it really God? If yes, then why would he rule against my wish? Wouldn't it be nice of him to decide in my favour? At this juncture, an Optimist due to his virtue says 'Whatever happens happens for good'. Dear Optimist what if I deliberately wanted it to be bad? So the worse would it have been, the better would it have been. I generally stop here because now the rest of the world starts calling me a crank head. 

Is uncertainty a vital aspect of life? Let's analyse.

What would be the world like when we knew about everything that is going to happen next? At 3:58 pm there will be an earthquake, save yourself! At 6:06 am a bird will pee on you during your morning walk. On 23rd March, 2038 you'll be blessed with a daughter and you'll name her 'Selfiequeen'! If this were to happen, will the life remain amazing anymore?

Having said that, yes there are times when this uncertainty/the will of God really turns things upside down. You realize that hitherto you had everything till suddenly life took a turn for worse. You start criticizing everybody around. Nothing seems to come your way. The world suddenly gets shattered and there is no ray of hope. At this point I would say the approach of a Realist can do wonders. The first step is to make peace with the current situation. And then look for a window or a keyhole or an orifice which can at least help you in recognizing the direction of light. Then the hardest step is to actually traverse that path that leads towards light, trusting yourself. This is actually better than sitting in the dark and waiting for something to happen. Why would anything happen? Why would that force show mercy on you belying its own purpose of exasperating you? So isn't it better to accept the reality and just move on with the lesson of uncertainty learnt?

And there is a positive side of it too. Not always your will is actually as beneficial to you as the will of uncertainty. And not always does the will of uncertainty makes your life hell. Sometimes unexpected pleasant surprises are rendered to you for free. The only difference in our approach here is that we don't criticize them. We readily accept them as a result of our good deeds of past. After all we are greedy and selfish humans. 

The moral of the story is that we shouldn't be careless about things that are in our control and always expect the unexpected because things that are out of our control will keep playing their role. Sometimes surprising us and at times exasperating us!

The life is not only about achieving telos but it is rather a continuum right from choosing the ways and means to achieve telos to ultimately achieving it. So don't waste a single second in disappointment!