Living fully

There’s something deeply human about wanting answers. We crave certainty, a clear path, a guarantee, a sense that things will work out as they should. But life hardly offers that. Instead, we live in the space between knowing and not knowing, between the comfort of routine and the wild unknown of what comes next. Life doesn’t come with many guarantees. And honestly, that’s kind of the point.

We live in this weird space between certainty and doubt where we know death is inevitable, but we don’t know when or how. Is it scary, sure. But it’s also what gives life meaning. If everything were predictable, would we even care as much about what we do each day? Probably not.

Think about it, even the tiny moth from Virginia Woolf's piece, fluttering at the window, fights to survive. It doesn’t know it’s losing. It just keeps going. Not because it thinks it’ll win, but because that’s what life does. It tries.

And maybe that’s the lesson. We don’t have anyway to see how much time we have left, but we do get to chose how we use that time. So why wait? Why hold back from saying how we feel, trying something new, or doing something that makes us feel alive?

The moth’s final struggle wasn’t pointless. It was a reminder that effort, even in the face of loss, still matters. That the simple act of trying is powerful.

So if you knew the sun wasn’t rising tomorrow, how would you spend today? Would you take more risks? Be more honest? Laugh louder?

We don’t need perfect certainty to live fully. We just need to stop waiting for it. Doubt isn’t something to avoid but it’s instead a sign we care. A sign we’re paying attention.

The truth is, we’re all just a few decisions away from the unknown. And that’s exactly why every moment counts.