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2081: Addicted to Certainty by Allison Carmen of The Gift of Maybe on Resiliency

Optimal Living Daily - Personal Development and Self-Improvement

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A Simple Story Changed My Life

The need to know the future had gripped me as a tean ager, and most of my twenties were spent in stress. I turned to alternative medicine, to meditation, acupuncture and any other practice i thought might relieve my physical and emotional pain. But when a big issue or conflict infiltrated my life, i still spun out of control. One day, still in the midst of pressing anxiety about the future, i went to see my che gong teacher for a lesson. He responded with a simple story that changed everything. In this place, it felt all right not to know the fut. And suddenly i was filled with an inexplicable hope. As time passed, i learned that this world of

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