Embrace the inevitability
- Sep 1, 2023
- 3 min read
Just like Thanos did.
Imagine, you are dating somebody and lately, you've been having these thoughts of going through a breakup and you've been getting signs from everywhere around you, and boom! It happens. Sad.
Hear me out. You've been getting signs and you chose to ignore these thoughts only because you believed it isn't true, which is okay because that is where people tend to fail to understand that shit is going down and you gotta accept that. As much as I support the notion of "staying delululu is the solululu", I am also a hardcore practicalist. I mean think about it, at any given point in time in any given situation, there is a certain amount of probability of something going wrong. Edward A. Murphy stated his infamous Murphy's law, "If anything can go wrong, it will." I am sure you might've come across it in the movie Interstellar (you should watch it, if you haven't yet).
The point I am trying to make is if there is something you feel is going to happen, good or bad, then it will happen. It's inevitable. There is a threshold of course to decide when it'll happen or not, but the point is if the possibility exists, it just may happen. Very recently I was supposed to give a test and I failed it (this story is reserved for some other day) and I just made my peace with it. Yes, you heard it right. It was one of the most important tests of my life and I failed and I was okay with it. Why? I knew it was coming. I accepted the truth long before it even happened.
A part of me knew the inevitable was going to happen and despite that happening, I would be okay and that put a lot of things into perspective really. It made me realize that you will fail at times, you will make mistakes at times, you will be miserable at times and that is okay. It is alright. As 21st-century humans who went through a whole COVID-19, I believe we've become a lot more susceptible to chronic delaying. We would put off stuff just to "buy" time but here's the thing - time is a fickle mistress, she won't stop for anyone. You can never buy time. Yeah now don't come at me saying "Oh hey, time is an illusion", yeah deepsh*t I know. I've studied physics for 4 years so let's get one thing straight, As much as I would love to believe your theory - I don't want to.
We delay our tasks, we delay our habits, we delay our emotions, we delay our entire life and then one day you realize, man it's too late now. It is sad that we are so young and so tired all the time. When I say embrace the inevitability, I mean accept the reality you are right and move on. Take the time, of course, you need it but you also gotta realize that life isn't going to happen in one day. You will have to make an effort for yourself, towards your future. So if you feel you might fail, don't fear the possibility. I get it, it's scary and it can get a lot more noisy. The world may seem f*cked up and it is you know, but it is for you to decide what you want to focus on, what you wish to make your world out of.
There will be moments of anxiety that will make you feel that this isn't right or that you'll never get in a better place, but just maybe, maybe it's a fleeting moment. Hold that moment in your breath for 5 seconds and then let go. You will achieve it. Remember, trying is succeeding. You are not a work in progress, you are a success in progress.
I am not going to throw quotes like "Life is tough but so are you", Nope. It's well established that you are a living human who works hard and will achieve your goals with time. The anxiety stems from the fear of the unknown and it is only consuming your energy and draining you making you feel...yeah you guessed it right...more anxious. It is a self-destructive loop. So accept the reality. Don't have a job? Don't have clients? Doesn't have enough money? Accept the fact and be patient. Analyze the reality, find the obstacles, make a plan, and stick to it.
The earlier you embrace the reality, the better it will be. Life works out, the universe has got your back as long as you have got your back.
Take care.
- Written by Vanshika Patil
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