The other day
something became so apparent to me about the way we live life. Everything we
encounter in life is based on necessity for a guarantee. A guarantee is a "formal
promise or assurance that certain conditions will be fulfilled". We want
guarantees when we purchase products and
services that they are worth our time
and money. We even want lifetime guarantees that products or services will last
the rest of our lives. We want guarantees we are right before making life-changing
decisions. We want a guarantee that we will be living and breathing tomorrow. We want guarantees that our
efforts will produce results before we attempt our efforts. We work hard all of
our lives because we want a guarantee that one day we will have security and
total balance in our lives. We work jobs instead of chasing our dreams for guarantee of an hourly wage versus a reward of uncertainty. We marry for a hope of a guarantee that the
significant other can give us fulfillment for the rest of our days.
I think now we
live in a world where guarantee is not promised, but the search is hotter than
ever before. We have constant innovation and technological advances simplifying
our lives and answering so many questions. We definitely live in a day where
there is no guarantee in our economy. We live in a day where we are not
guaranteed the company that made our product or service will even be around
tomorrow. We don't have the guarantee that we are right when making life-changing decisions. We don't have a guarantee or promise of being on this earth a few minutes from now.We most definitely don't have guarantees of security or balance in our
lives due to working hard alone. With the ever-changing workforce paradigm and
skill sets required, we have no guarantee that what got us there will keep us
there. Sadly as it is, when we marry someone, there is no guarantee for that
lasting a lifetime.
A world where
everything is guaranteed seems ideal, but is it? Wouldn't it be kind of boring
if before we made every choice it was already destined for success? There would
not be much thrill in victory. That would pretty much put everyone in a single
category in this world. There would be no more risk takers. You are not taking
a risk if you are guaranteed something will work. If everything was guaranteed,
we probably would not have the great innovations we have today. There is a new, better way
brought out on how to do something every
day. It will be in the future, if ever, that we will see the final answer.
As hard as life
may seem sometimes, this chase we are on for guarantees of a better tomorrow is
what life is all about. The search for guarantee raises a bar of higher
standards and expectations .The search for guarantee is what energizes us to
take on new tasks, learn new skills, and become better than we were before. It
is the reason we will be sitting in leisure and the sudden thought of,
"Why does this work like this?" occurs to us without any apparent
reason. We are in a world where not just huge companies, but individuals, feel
as if they have the power to change things and solve the world's problems.
Be thankful
everything in life is not guaranteed. It is what keeps us dreaming and willing
to move forward. It is what differentiates one human being from another. It is what
separates the paths taken by one human being versus another. It separates what
one person accomplishes and what another person accomplishes. It is what separates the way we did something yesterday from the way we do it today. It is what brings groups
of people together to accomplish a common goal. If we actually came to a point
in our world or in our individual lives, where everything was guaranteed, would we be
motivated to do anything next? Problems and the lack of guarantee is what leads us to go on a quest for solutions to make the world better. The lack of guarantee is what builds and defines us in society today.
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