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Certainty doesn't exist but we always crave it

We take the safe job, the packaged tour, someone else's advice. All of it to avoid facing the unknown.

One of the things that we (humans) in this world crave so much is certainty. And it’s about anything.

Take a low paying job but it’s consistent and you don’t have to think much Pay for a tour, so that you don’t have to plan and things are taken care of Take someone’s advice because “that person knows better”, so that you don’t have to think.

It’s also easier to blame the thing if something goes wrong.

But nothing is certain.

If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans

Because of that, certainty with anything looks so enticing that we would always choose it rather than be brave and face the unknown. But a lot of good comes from relying on yourself, Intuition is trusting yourself.

No matter how rigorously you apply reason to reduce uncertainty, there will always be a great level of uncertainty you have to accept. Your intuition is what helps you make that jump