Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Uncertainty

I have entered a period of uncertainty that I'm not really enjoying. In the past, I haven't minded living in the grey area, as long as I had some idea of a direction to go in. Now, I'm in this grey area with no real idea of which way to go. There are things I want to say and want to do but I hesitate and don't do it. False starts or no starts at all have tormented me all day today.

The past is coming back to haunt me in a way that it never has before. How do you argue with your own past? Is it always a predictor of the future? Can someone over come their past?

I hate this. I hate knowing how things could be but having no way to alter them from the way they are, even when I understand and respect why they are that way.

At the end of the day though, this'll all pass and come to a resolution in one way or another and ultimately I'll be better for it. It is just that right now, not having a direction or even knowing where I'm at, kinda sucks.

There, now I feel better. :)

UPDATE: Something just occured to me. I'm starting to embrace the situation and, as a result, am starting to become comfortable with it. This is good. I'll just keep moving along as I have been and let it go where it goes. Yay for direction.

3 comments:

Meredith Self said...

hmm...or maybe try something radically different and see what happens....

Ryan said...

That's the thing about this entire situation. I have been doing something radically different, and enjoying it very much. That it is such a departure from my past and no longer a known quantity is part of the problem...

Kirsten said...

I totally understand that feeling of wanting to say things and hesitating...being in that grey area! Some days it seems to sit ok, and you know you can just go w/the flow, but other days, you want to know the black and white colors. But you have a good attitude about it and know that this too, will pass, and everything will work out the way it is meant to. Can definitely be frustrating in the meantime though, can't it?