Lovely Uncertainties..

Oct 24
NabanitaDhar

Mount Everest, maybe I could climb and reach its summit one day. Or, perhaps go skiing in the Alps. Would be so wonderful breathing in the pure and chilly air, wouldn’t it? Visit the beaches of the Caribbean or sip some sparkling wine while on a cruise across the Mediterranean. Or, someday go snorkeling around the Great Barrier Reef too. And maybe I could walk the streets of Rome in my favorite summery outfit fulfilling a long pending wish. Visit a patisserie in Paris or dive into the colors of Japan. Read a book sitting in Central Park or witness the Aurora Borealis. I could actually do anything I want, at any time. Nothing or no one could stop me you know. And do you know how? Well, with the power of my imagination, with the magic of creativity and of-course the internet but all of this if I have the intent.

Knowingly, or unknowingly, we tend to tread the path of certainties. That’s the natural tendency we are born with. Study, get a job, get married, have a family, and then retire. Somehow the blue prints are alike for you, and I. Even the Presidents and CEOs. We follow a more or less set pattern with variables which we choose ourselves. Maybe you chose to become a doctor while the annoying bully in your school chooses to be a real estate agent. But mostly there are some to-dos in life, similar to-dos, which we keep ticking off as we move forward.

This is where passion, interest or rather creativity steps in, when we chose to take a diversion, some moments to do something unlike the mundane rigmarole of life. And when this desire to follow this uncertainty grows we leap into it completely, with every shred of courage we can muster. That’s when inspiration turns our lives upside down, gives it more meaning so to speak. That’s when we become a little more than we are. That’s when we become what we, maybe, are meant to be. But it is the risk we need to take, the stops we need to make and the idea we need to recognize, to go that way. And it all happens when we let go of certainties. That’s when something precious is created or felt. Like those paintings, books or inventions. And all that is needed is the pluck to take that first step, to keep walking, come what may. To nudge ourselves in the direction, to find time in spite of the lack of time. To do and keep doing; living through uncertainties.


Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties ~ Erich Fromm

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37 thoughts on “Lovely Uncertainties..”

  2. I think what happens is that the routine life becomes so filled with uncertainties it becomes too much to plan things to get us out of our ruts.

  4. It needs a lot of courage to take risks and to tread the road less travelled. Well written Naba

  5. Even I feel the same.
    We have lots to explore, Naba!

    We share similar tastes!
    And yes, even I have picked the same quote for my story 🙂

  6. I used to follow the "common path" for the longest time in my life, wanting to tick off all the right boxes… frankly, it got me nowhere in life.
    Definitely choose the uncommon road if you wish to have memories you can look back on with a smile.

  7. Beautifully put, Naba. For me, I think writing helps me explore that creative urge. That need to put it all down, before it completely evaporates into the ether, is so fulfilling. I suspect it is the same for you.

  8. To take the road less traveled….many a creative people chose that. Not because they find it challenging but perhaps because choosing a path less traveled comes so very naturally to them. That's what came to me as I read your lovely, meandering post on certainty and creativity. Lovely read, Naba!

  9. Naba, this is one of your best written posts. I can see the determination and the passion to move on to a untrodden path.

  10. As soon as we let go of uncertainities, the path becomes clearer. The blueprint printed by our society is so boring, yet many follow the one path that's set for life. Inspiring post.

  11. You've said it so well Naba. It's just safer to tread the well-trodden path. But to try something different is the hardest. The best part is it's such an internal thing – as in what's my 'different' may just be the 'usual' for you. And that is what creates something precious like you said.

  13. Do any of us have the courage? To let go of what we know for certain and venture out into the unknown? That be the question…

    Beautiful imagery 🙂

  14. This reminded me of the lines 'Two roads diverged in the yellow woods and I chose the one less traveled by'
    We all need to have the courage!

  15. Yes, the blue prints are same for both you and me.Still there's something that asks us to take the plunge and ….it's creativity.Amazing write up 🙂

  26. So true indeed Tulika…It is something so intrinsic to us…and so different from one person to the other

  33. But it is the risk we need to take, the stops we need to make and the idea we need to recognize, to go that way. Lovely meaningful words. I loved your idea.

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