New year
My theme for 2007: embrace uncertainty. The only other option is "be really freaked out by uncertainty," and that doesn’t sound good.
The only certainty is that we all die some day. So uncertainty is life. Right?
Like any truism, whether you find this statement incredibly deep or incredibly trite depends on your state of mind.
The theme for 2006, in case you were curious, was to seek more responsibility and authority. That worked out pretty well, not in any major change in job description but in many small ways.
Happy New Year to all. Thank you for your writing, and your comments. I have enjoyed getting to know you all through your blogs. Your writing has deepened my experience. Best wishes for 2007.
Ah … embracing uncertainty. A good one. Have you read Pema Chodron?
Comment by profgrrrrl — January 1, 2007 @ 9:21 pm
Very wise. I’m hanging on the edge of embracing vs being freaked out by uncertainty myself!
Comment by JM — January 1, 2007 @ 10:08 pm
Profgrrrl: no– I will look for her writing. Any particular book?
Note: “the only other option” is of course, a false dichotomy, but I like to exaggerate for effect.
Comment by drshellie — January 1, 2007 @ 10:17 pm
Happy New Year!
I like your theme. Good luck with that.
Comment by trillwing — January 2, 2007 @ 12:53 am
Happy new year! I love your theme—and embracing is always preferable to freaking out, so good choice there.
Comment by Jane — January 2, 2007 @ 2:01 am
Oh, I like the theme. Happy New Year!
Comment by jo(e) — January 2, 2007 @ 2:22 am
Good luck in embracing change. I tend to submit to it, myself, especially when it involves illness or death of people I love. Nonetheless, we do not really have any choice - change will meet us in any case. And often it is for the better - so happy new year 2007. Good luck.
Comment by Alethea — January 2, 2007 @ 2:26 pm
I like the theme. What other choice do we have really?
Comment by sciencewoman — January 2, 2007 @ 9:47 pm
Pema Chodron (an American Buddhist nun) has a book called: Comfortable With Uncertainty.
That’s a good start. It’s an easy read, and provides some good perspective on life (IMHO).
Comment by profgrrrrl — January 3, 2007 @ 2:02 am
Just as I was clicking on my bookmark to your blog, I was thinking about a “resolution”. Yours is perfect (especially as we are in similar stages), do you mind if I borrow it?
Comment by Anonymous — January 3, 2007 @ 6:17 pm