Most of us believe certainty will make us feel safe.

We replay conversations,

check our phones,

worry about the people we love

and mentally rehearse every possible outcome.

But worrying does not give us certainty. It makes us suffer before anything has even happened.

We don’t need to trust that everything will always go our way.

We need to trust that we can meet whatever happens and take the next step.

Three examples

1. The unanswered message: You send a message, receive no reply and immediately assume something is wrong.

2. The people you love: You worry about a child or grandchild and try to solve a future problem before it has even happened.

 3. The uncertain outcome: You are waiting for medical results, news about money or a decision at work—and your mind jumps straight to the worst conclusion. Catastrophising!

The Science .

1.We're all wired to try and survive .

2.The brain does this by predict and protect,

3. Yet the very nature of life is uncertainty,

That’s the paradox, the conflict.

Life is uncertain, but as a human being, we're always trying to find certainty, and that creates suffering.

So if you’re preoccupied trying to figure it out Its understandable but not serviceable.

So we have to practice trusting

EVEN THOUGH we don't know what the future looks like if I trust I will handle it then my today / my now will have a better quality .

The teaching — TRUST in the palm of your hand!

· T — Tomorrow: I cannot predict or control tomorrow.

· R — Release: Release the need to know everything now.

· U — Uncertainty: Uncertainty is a natural part of life.

· S — Self-trust: I can handle whatever comes.

· T — Trust life: Life has my back. I will figure it out.

Five fingers. Five letters. TRUST is always in the palm of your hand.

What you can do

· Notice when your mind has raced into the future.

· Hold up one hand and slowly spell

· T-R-U-S-T.

· Take whatever practical action is available today.

· Release the part you cannot control.

· Say: “I don’t need to know everything now. I trust myself to handle the next step.”