Wednesday, July 18, 2007

The Unknown

Change is hard but change is good. I can deal with change. Even a lot of change is welcomed. Change is easily embraced when it comes in the package of one unknown among many knowns. Right know it feels like there is only one known in my life: identity as child of God. The rest is all unknown. The one known is a good one to know but all the unknowns sure do drain the energy right out of one's morale! Here are a few quotes that looked interesting about change:

John Allen Paulos
"Uncertainty is the only certainty there is, and knowing how to live with insecurity is the only security."

Donald Rumsfeld: (Isn't it funny that I would quote Don Rumsfield of all people?)
As we know, there are known knowns. There are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns. That is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns, the ones we don't know we don't know.

Erich Fromm:
Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.


Franklin Delano Roosevelt:
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.


Jeremiah 29:11
"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
AMEN!