Square One

"The world moves, and ideas that were once good are not always good. In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable." - Dwight D. Eisenhower

Uncertainty, it is something we all come across at some point (or many) in our lives. It evolves into fear, causes us to behave erratically, and forego the use of our reason.

Erratic and irrational behavior can lead to overreacting to a situation, or to not acting at all, to stand idle, frozen. I tend to choose the latter, as much as I hate to admit it. This has caused me many troubles in the past, and in retrospect, I believe I would have preferred to have overreacted than to not act at all.

For a mindset like mine, planning is the primary step in achieving goals, as I believe it should be, but my tendency to stall action until all uncertainties are predicted and prepared for, is not only unrealistic, but foolish.

I tend to write many plans down, many of which I usually never get to going through with. most are unrealistic anyways, or so I tell myself. but something in the back of my mind tells me to believe to some extent that I will eventually achieve my goals, as unrealistic as they may be.

One must eventually reach the point of understanding that nothing is perfect, plans will faulter, and should nonetheless take action. This is easy to understand, yet difficult to practice, at least for someone with a mindset like mine. I constantly seek to answer every doubt that arises in my mind, as unimportant as it may be, thus becoming psychologically entrenched, and passive. Ironically, this leads me to conclusions that would be otherwise unattainable, though unecessary.

In my life, I have found that questions and answers abound, yet mankind has yet to answer the most basic. One could spend a lifetime trying to find answers, and still be far from enlightened, for it is not about having all the right answers, but asking the right questions.

...nevermind.

-Arvy