When I write notes for therapy sessions, I document people’s stressors, and those stressors often include “unknowns about the future.”
People have always dealt with unknowns, but unknowns these days include
- when the pandemic will end,
- what other diseases will emerge,
- how people will make it to their next paycheck,
- the future of democracy,
- whether injustices will ever be satisfactorily addressed,
- the planet’s response to climate change, and
- who and what will survive.
No wonder so many people are stressed by unknowns!
For some unknown reason, I still hold out hope for the future. Maybe it’s because I have to, in order to face unknowns here and now.
Do you see unknowns in my images for today?
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Roller skates are not unknown to me but that Jefferson Starship lullaby is. Sometimes, unknowns can become knowns almost immediately.
What are your unknown (to me) thoughts and feelings about unknowns?
It’s probably unknown to you how much I appreciate your visits here, but I do my best to let you know!
I know I feel a little happier right now having seen your photos of Joan and Harley, Ann.
I’m happy to know you, Mark.
in your pics, it is unknown what the cats will do next, how nature will show itself, and what healthy meal you’ll have next. what is known, is that the answers will always be revealed over time and the unknown is something I don’t spend much time and energy on.
You know a lot, beth!
The older I get, the more I try to reduce my thinking about unknowns, and focus on what is in front of me in the present. (It doesn’t always work.)
I appreciate your knowledge, Debbie!
Joan seems so at peace because she’s living in the present where there are less unknowns.
I know!