Dealing with Uncertainty
Keely Adler and
Dealing with Uncertainty
The worst happened, and then it passed. You lost the person you thought you couldn’t live without and then you kept living. You lost your job then found another one. You began to realize that “safety” isn’t in certainty—but in faith that you can simply keep going.
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In a high optimism, high risk environment like this, people need to be instilled with confidence to move forward.