Susan Britton explores how you relate to uncertainty: as an enemy or a friend. She argues that viewing life as benevolent rather than malevolent or benign helps you stay calm and connected when outcomes are unknown.
Hey everybody, it's Susan with your Friday encouragement. So obviously it's election week here in the United States, and as I record this, the presidency has not yet been decided. And so that brings up the question of what is your, my, everybody's relationship with uncertainty? Is it foe or is it friend? So if it's foe, obviously we're gonna go into fight, flight, freeze around the and if it's friend, then we can be in a calm, connected place. So to be able to deal with uncertainty, think about this question: do you believe that life is malevolent, benevolent, or benign? So if you feel kind of like it's malevolent, you have this perspective that it's dog-eat-dog. If you feel benevolent, then you feel kind of like there's abundance and everything works for good. It all gets kind of worked out. And if it's benign, then it's sort of like, well, I'll just be a couch potato and take it easy. It doesn't matter what I do. So thinking about that in terms of the uncertainty that's in the air right now, if we can stay in that place of life is benevolent, then we can be in that calm, connect, co-create place as opposed to fight, flight, freeze. So my wish for me, for you, for all of us is to be in that space. Light and love.
Susan’s ICF Educator Award | The Heart Behind the Impact Katy Montgomery, PCC
