The world is a pretty demanding place. It's fast pace, always changing, and there's always something new chasing down the path of the old. In such a rapidly changing world, it's no wonder how we're expected to keep up, or know everything about it.
New job offers, official paperwork, deadlines, conferences, new projects, old messes- the world is not short of challenges to master. Each situation presents a different twist and is unique to itself in its own way. I have only lived so long, I can not know everything at this point. Yes, I have learned a lot up to the present, but new situations arise every day. Instead of seeing them as new challenges which might be hard to face, really, they are new learning opportunities to gain even more knowledge.
I have come to realize that I can not know everything in this crazy life, and I have also realized that it is okay too. Doing everything by myself is not my only option. Friends, family, even co-workers are there to help me along the way. Seeking help is not a weakness, it actually shows wisdom for reaching out to those who posses more knowledge on the subject than you. People will recognize that as a valuable skill too.
Not knowing everything about the future as well is also okay. How are you supposed to know anyway- it's the future! It hasn't happened yet! As much as we plan and predict, it almost never turns out the way we thought, and that's just a part of the path of life. Yes, we can plan and try to prepare our next step into the future, that's all we really do our whole lives. But knowing everything about the day which hasn't happened yet- it's okay to be unsure about it. I do not know where I'll end up working after college. I do not know where in the world it will take me. I do not know what circumstances will arise with it. And I do not know where I will be in 10 or even 20 years- though I am doing my best to plan and make the life I want when it does come after college, or in 10 or 20 years from now, the truth is I do not know where life will take me. And I'm okay with that.
Looking back and up to this point, life didn't turn out the way I expected at all, but I lived through it and make the life I have today into what I wanted. This is not bad, that's just life, and I expect everyone has a similar story too. Look how far we've come now- do you think we knew how to do any of the things we take for granted today? Of course not. Little by little, day by day, we learned new ways of how to shape our lives- consciously and unconsciously. And here we are. We're only part way through life with so much more to come. I don't know where mine is going to take me, but I can't wait to find out.
