Why would we prefer to know the worst than to suspect it? Because when we get bad news we weep for a while, and then get busy making the best of it. We change our behavior, we change our attitudes. We raise our consciousness and lower our standards. We find our bootstraps and tug. But we can’t come to terms with circumstances whose terms we don’t yet know. An uncertain future leaves us stranded in an unhappy present with nothing to do but wait.
an uncertain future
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Posted by hopeseguin on January 3, 2012
https://aimlesswithpurpose.wordpress.com/2012/01/03/an-uncertain-future/
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