Trusting that We Know the Future

• Video Transcript

  Some people think that the future is yet to be written and we have the free will to change what will happen, and some people think that it was written long before we arrived here.

  One thing is for sure, nobody really knows, and it doesn't really matter. What is important is how we feel about this unknown future that we're moving towards. The future can be scary and unpredictable. We can fear it and have anxiety about it or we can be excited about it. And although some people profess to be able to predict the future, the majority of us can't.

  What we can do though is to start looking at the patterns that our lives are following. And in our own way, we can start understanding and feeling better about where our futures are going. So what are these patterns? Well, the patterns are the repeated ways that the situations in our lives follow.

  From time to time, we find ourselves in a situation that feels familiar. A type of situation that we've been in before. This type of situation could be a bad thing that we don't want to happen or something that we don't want to do in the future. They are things that we are not looking forward to and things that will disrupt our lives in some way.

  But after worrying about this thing constantly and dreading the day it happens, we always reach a point where this thing just goes away. Something always comes up so that this thing is not going to happen anymore. And then we think, why was I worrying? It's not going to happen. But actually, the worrying is the most important part about it. We don't also need the pain of going through it as well.

  So we move on with our lives and then sure enough, somewhere down the road, another bad thing that we don't want to happen comes up. Is it going to happen? We just have to wait and see. But when we get there, most importantly, we need to remember that actually this next thing also didn't happen.

  Now we are building the evidence and starting to trust the pattern. So as I said before, we don't know if the future is written or if we create it but one thing is for sure, the future is not random. If it was, there wouldn't be any patterns.

  So if we pay attention to the patterns and the way things turn out, we will have a better idea of what will happen. And most importantly, we can stop worrying so much and trust that this time, as it was last time, everything will turn out fine.

  Another kind of pattern that happens to us is when we're in a situation that goes comically wrong. These are situations that don't have any repercussions for our future; they are just stand-alone stupid situations. At these times, we are trying our best but we make a mistake, or we miss something or someone misunderstands us.

  And there's no way we can save the situation. No matter how hard we try. The main theme of these situations is feeling embarrassed. Being embarrassed is very important for us because it keeps us humble.

  Regenerate response