Positive Reflections As We Cope With Today

You really don’t want or need to know the future.

If we knew the future, we wouldn’t like it. We couldn’t function properly. I know I couldn’t.

I am a pessimist. I have had extreme difficulty keeping a positive attitude throughout life. But, I have been reflecting on the future during this global pandemic and have a few thoughts that may possibly help.

This global situation makes us doubt the future, does it not?

Here’s a recent thought example I hope can shed some light on our life, attitude and hope.

About 25 years ago I built a bookcase. My wife and I used it in our house. It was functional and enjoyable for a time. Then my wife passed away. I was a widower for five years and then remarried. We still used the bookcase and my son may have used it for a while. Then we moved. Eventually I built a wall of built-in bookcases in our current house. We donated that one I built 25 years ago to our church for the pastor’s study.

When I built the bookcase, I had a purpose. I was enthusiastic about it. I knew we needed it, and I was ready to put my developing woodworking skills to the test. It was going to be something my wife and I could use and enjoy.

Now, let’s say I knew the complete future of this bookcase. In order to know the fate of that bookcase, I’d have to know the future of my life as well. That would have seriously depressed me and I doubt if I would have built the bookcase at all.

OK, let’s just say I only knew the end state of the bookcase — being donated to the church. I surely couldn’t help but wonder why we would do that. Would I think that I had done a poor job and my wife was aching to get rid of it? Would I think that what I was about to build would really just be unnecessary? Would my mind be so confused about the fate of the bookcase that I’d be consumed with doubt and just not build the bookcase? Or maybe I’d just not try to do such a good job building it.

Whatever the case, my enthusiasm for that project would surely have taken a turn for the worse.

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