Fear of uncertainty is what you feel when you look at a closed door and feel scared to open it. What if a hungry lion has been waiting inside to eat you for starters? What if there is an endless pit and you fall into it the moment you step inside? What if the room is on fire? What if it becomes suffocating inside and you start feeling claustrophobic? What if this door is a portkey to an alien's planet?
The list of What ifs keeps growing longer and longer. How many thoughts can the poor brain process at the same time? It gets tired and gives up finally. No more energy is left to feel scared and procrastinate on opening the door. Your hand effortlessly turns the doorknob and your feet goes inside the room intuitively. Maybe the universe felt jealous of your ability to come up with such an exhaustive list of negative outcomes, it feels ashamed at its inability to suprise you with a negative event that's not on your list. And the room looks ok, not so bad ( if not great).
Despair is when you can't even see the door in front of you. You close your eyes and strongly believe that there is no way forward.
Many a times we prove to experts in coming up with the perfect ratio to mix both despair and fear of uncertainty. This perfect concoction is potent enough to create an illusion as if we are stuck and there's no way forward from here.
And then you close your eyes. This particular dialogue from The Matrix movie pops up in your head.
"Don't try to bend the spoon. Because there's no spoon".
It feels as if something made sense and your mind at last calms down to claim a peaceful night's sleep.
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