Three things that make life so interesting..

In continuation with my thoughts on trying to "stay in the hunt" yesterday, I am experiencing a closely related feeling.. I ll use the word curiosity instead of impatience, for two reasons. One it sounds more appropriate to the range of word usability and situation dependence and Secondly, coz it sounds better :-).
Like most of my thoughts, its again very simplistic and yet interesting. How many times have you and I thought over an action that we didnt know the result of with a certain hope for a positive outcome or simply put with a curiosity to what will happen? I know I have and I do that in almost everything that I do. When I am playing golf, for example, after reading the grain and lining up my putt and agonizing over it for 2 seconds, when I finally hit - then conciously or sub-conciously (or both) I want it to end up in the hole. Thats the hope for the positive outcome bit. Additionally and more interestingly, if I have hit it well (and sometimes even if I haven't..) I am curious to know how it ll end up.. will it get in the hole? will it lip out? will it stop short? will it go long? how long or how short? There are a zillion thoughts that cross my mind in short span of at best 1 second.
If you arent too bored with this, extrapolate this to other scenarios e.g. You write an exam, you have prepared hard and studied for hours; in the exam written a lot of words, answered a lot of questions and when you walk out.. you immediately start thinking, I wonder how I did or more likely to say, I wonder what I'll score on that one. Most of us would say, I ll atleast score X or Y, and yet that inner feeling of hope for a positive outcome and curiosity of the actual result is there. Job interviews, Meeting somebody new, meeting an old friend.. and lots more.

An adjoining thought to this is the role of uncertainty in our lives. I thought over it a bit (trust me.. not by choice- Its a piece of my dissertation). Our lives are so uncertain! Just pause for a second and you could find there is practically uncertainty in everything - our next year, to our next month to our next day, next hour and for some people next minute. And for as much as you dont like the idea.. I think that's what complicates our lives, but at the same time makes them interesting as well. In every step and every move, we are trying to reduce or resolve or sometimes just best manage the uncertainty in our lives.

And I think these three things make our lives very interesting.. to not only think about but to live as well. Curiosity, Optimism and Uncertainty.. What are you curious about today? What are you hoping goes right for you next? What uncertainty are you trying to take out of you life now? Hope you can see the triangle of love between the three..

Have to admit, not academically brilliant, but mentally stimulating..hehe.What say you??

Cheers,
K