Doubt the future

If there is a subject that deserves to be analyzed carefully, it’s this sense of apprehension we have about what will happen in the future. We doubt and we fear what might happen in the future, because we have no certainty we can face this fate if misfortunes arose.

When our thoughts or our reflections linger over the future and when we are doubtful, we can easily assert we are on the first phase of paranoia, that is to say, we extrapolate on situations which exist only in our imagination. We don’t mean planning for the future with several hypotheses, but we have important doubt on our capacities to face the future.

These doubts are doubts on our personal capacities, on the capacity to react well into society in which we live and on the way the humanity meets the present challenges. Nothing can guarantee the future will be as you would like to see it. Nothing can protect you from misfortunes, injustices or anything else that can make your life more difficult.

Why do we have all these doubts? Simply because we have no control over the future in most areas of our lives. An answer which you didn’t doubtless want to hear because there is nothing to reassure you. Unfortunately, such is life. For some people it’s a real pleasure to live in an environment like this. They love discovering new things, they love adventure, they love being surprised by life and they try to face situations with energy and enthusiasm. While for others, I would say most people, the less surprised they have in their lives, the better.

When challenges are important, it’s not easy to adapt ourselves, to react calmly, with serenity and especially without any doubt that things will be for best when the thunderstorm will be over. It’s not always the case but often, that’s what happens. As we dread the end of the adventure is not always positive, we imagine tons of scenarios so apocalyptic. With so much apprehension and imagination, we have a better understanding why the majority of people prefer not to have too many surprises in their life.

How do you manage this emotion ?