A few Slogans About Doubt And Uncertainty

(Writer's note: if we are to have any chance of recovery, we have to learn to live with doubt and uncertainty.

If we fight for exactness, relief may be temporary. But the fears remain as well as we become prone to new fears. OCD has a mind of its own.

Remember: we are being bluffed by sensations that lie to us.

The terror from our fears will subside. I have seen this too many times. Once this happens, we are left with doubt and uncertainty. These feelings are manageable.

We have to give up the desire for exactness and perfectionism. We can live with doubt and uncertainty.

Here are a few slogans addressing doubt and uncertainty. - Ken Munro)

                                                       
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Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
                                                                                                     - Helen Keller

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Maturity of the mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty.       - John Finley

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If you are scared to go to the brink, you are lost.                   - John Foster Dulles

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To believe is very dull. To doubt is intensely engrossing. To be on alert is to live, to be lulled into security is to die.
                                                                                                 - Oscar Wilde

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Faith means living with uncertainty - feeling your way through life, letting your heart guide you like a lantern in the dark.
                                                                                                  - Dan Millman

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Exploring the unknown requires tolerating uncertainty.        - Brian Greene

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Security is a kind of death.                                                    - Tennessee Williams

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I spent a lot of years trying to outrun or outsmart vulnerability by making things certain and definite, black and white, good and bad. My inability to lean into the discomfort of vulnerability limited the fullness of those important experiences that are wrought with uncertainty: Love, belonging, trust, joy and creativity to name a few.
                                                                                                   - Brene Brown

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Uncertainty is a permanent part of the leadership landscape. It never goes away.
                                                                                              - Andy Stanley

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I have devoted my life to uncertainty. Certainty is the death of wisdom, thought, creativity.
                                                                                                 - Shekhar Kapur

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Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid (lifeless) thing.
                                                                                                  - William Congreve