How certain are you?

Notice that I didn’t ask “how sure” you were, I asked “How certain are you?”

There seems to be a difference, at least for me.

Surety seems to need some factual data to back it up; certainty is, as the great old song says, “More Than A Feeling.”

When you are sure, there seems to be a counterpart called “unsure” that pops in for debate.

Certainty is self contained and all encompassing. It has no opposite.

Bullheadedness, stubbornness, or being a braggart or true believer do not constitute being certain. Certainty is a quiet confidence that needs no cheerleading or committee to agree.

Certainty does not know what’s on the path ahead. That’s not its job.

Certainty is more of a knowing that whatever is on the horizon, we will be able to fashion a response to it in that moment.

Certainty is knowing that we have all that we need to respond to life.

Worry is not knowing we have the ability to respond. Worry is a conditioned reaction to an unknown future. Certainty responds to the conditions it meets.

Again, how certain are you?

How certain are you that you have the ability to respond? Certainty is not planned in advance like Davy Crockett‘s admonition “Be always sure you are right, then go ahead.” That’s a prescription for sound planning.

Certainty is what is there when the plan fails.

It pays to discover your ability to be certain. It’s part of the human being software package. Look through your manual and activate this incredible feature.

The greatest power we have as human beings is the ability to respond. Of this I am certain.

All the best,

John

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