The Beauty of Not Knowing What’s Next

Embracing the mess, the magic, and the mystery of life

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Have you ever been on the edge of something completely unknown? That odd little moment when you’re standing on a rooftop, not thinking about jumping in a dark way, but just wondering — what would it feel like to step forward? That split second before your rational mind takes over before you remind yourself of gravity and consequences, there’s this fleeting curiosity, this pull toward the mystery of the unknown.

Or when you’re holding an unopened letter, feeling the paper between your fingers, your heartbeat picking up because it could say anything — good news, bad news, a life-changing opportunity, or just another bill? It’s that moment of hovering, of not yet knowing, of standing on the precipice of something new.

That’s what life feels like sometimes — standing right at the edge of what’s next, teetering between excitement and fear, between the thrill of possibility and the anxiety of uncertainty. And the truth is, we don’t like uncertainty. We crave answers, closure, predictability.

We like knowing how the story ends before we even turn the first page. But life doesn’t work like that. Life is more like a book where the next chapter is being written in real-time, where even the author doesn’t quite know what’s…