With so much uncertainty in the world, it can be hard to stay grounded. It is quite easy to distract ourselves from what makes us uneasy and to keep going-going-going.

But that’s not sustainable.

There will always be uncertainty. Do we keep going until we burn out and then get swallowed up by our overwhelm?

Instead of running away, could we stop? Stop and feel the discomfort in uncertainty? Feel the lack of control? And try to be a bit more okay with it?

Instead of trying to outrun that uncertainty, can we instead ground ourselves in something we know to be true?

The answer does not have to be grandiose or worthy of philosophical accolades. In fact, it can be the simplest thing that is true in the moment. Like, you are reading these words right now. That is true.

Ground yourself and then keep following what is true.

I have heard many others say, and even caught myself saying, “I can’t wait until things get back to normal.”

But “normal” will never happen again because “normal” is circumstantial. The world has been irrevocably altered since March 2020. Fundamental shifts in philosophy, technology and behavior have taken place in every corner of the earth.

We will never again see the February 2020 version of normal. Just as in February 2020, we were never going to see the 2018 version of normal.

“Normal” is a moving target. But unlike other targets, we have the opportunity to shape our future version of normal.

So what does that look like for you?

The initial stages of creation are exciting, full of possibility and wonder, and just underneath those feelings are doubt, second guesses and a touch of anxiety.

But the time will never be right to start the thing we want to start. In waiting, we deprive our self the opportunity of recognizing more of itself, of becoming more of itself.

The world won’t be profoundly impacted by our first step; it will continue to turn tomorrow whether we do it or not. But what is the cost to us to wait another 24 hours? That inspiration may very well wander away.

As Napoleon Hill said: Do not wait; the time will never be just right. Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.

What happens when we realize that our heroes are merely mortal?

Do our worlds seem smaller or bigger?

Is the impossible less or more possible?

Does our reality become more or less clear?

Are we more or less in touch with our own mortality?