Certainty

 The Sunday Morning Church of ATTENTION

Certainty

My favorite affirmation is I live my life with certainty.

Works all the time when I decide to use it. It’s not about being right.

No time for doubt, second guesses and the ‘stinking thinking’ accomplices; excuses, blames, or the ‘if only’s’.

“Trust is a must or your game is a bust’ is an old bowling affirmation a call for certainty.

Where does the certainty come from?

Is certainty a belief or the outcome of our experience?

Does our belief’s create certainty?

If certainty comes from experience, how does that work with new goals, or with the experiences that didn’t work?

What about the times when optimism (certainties attitude) failed, became realism (what’s real?) failed became pessimism (stinking thinking) and doubt won?

I have battled the doubt and certainty continuum from ‘for sure’, through ‘maybe’, and into ‘no way.’

Certainty needs ‘to decide’ and ‘to commit’ as partners to battle doubt. 

In sports there never is time for doubt, we had practice and preparation with coaching and teammates for victory. Don't leave anything on the field.  Have a plan and see the feedback, respond, commit.

I believe in the power of a team striving toward Goals, but how to handle doubt without a group or team? Times when we go solo.

What about making friends with doubt?

"Hello, you must be Doubt. I'm Gary and I need to find you a job while I pursue my goals. What would you like to do?”

"Hmm, I don't know. Just tell me what to do and I'll, wait. I doubt I'll do it. I'll call my friends the dis's: discouragement, despair, dis-EASE and muddle around in distraction as doubt." Was Doubts response.

"Well here's an idea,” I said, “Why don't you take the job to REMIND me to focus on my goal and appreciate the distance I've traveled."

"Maybe,” Doubt replied.

That's probably all one can expect from doubt, ‘maybe’, and ‘maybe’ is a step toward certainty.