The Gift Of Worst Case Scenarios
We all have them: bag lady, ww3, ecological collapse, the singularity, cancer, betrayal.
Worst. Case. Scenarios. Henceforth, WCS.
Since WCS take place in the future, most self helpies say, “You can’t control the future, you should let it go!” This kind of letting go is usually achieved through distraction or addiction. Then you’re just mad at yourself when you are still waking up to the ghosts you definitely haven’t let go of.
☁️letting go is the REWARD for getting to know your fears, not HOW to get rid of your fears☁️
Anyway,
One gift of embracing the WCS is preparedness. Bag lady can inspire you to get a financial education. The singularity gets you off your phone so you can see it when it comes. The fear of cancer inspires organic produce, the fear of betrayal breeds well-communicated boundaries.
You can also access the gifts of the WCS is living as if they are are already happening (which they are):
How are WCS already occurring in the world and in your life? Hell is here on Earth. Hell is right now. It may or may not get any worse, but it’s definitely already happening. The bombs are already falling, you know what it’s like to be quite sick. Whether you live in poverty or not, you already know the pain of being unable to spend money because you are living that way right now. WSC is not the future. It is today.
WCS are happening, and you are alive. How does it feel to be alive? Real life always rides with pleasure and pain harnessed in the same burning breath. One hope you had is dying, one cell of your skin is singing.
WCS help illuminate what is important in our lives. The thing we most fear losing is the thing we love the most. Watch as your fear of the future turns into the most full-bodied grief for the pain of what’s already happening. Watch your grief melt into a celebration for all you are in love with in this. exact. moment.
This isn’t a reframe or a thought experiment. It’s what’s already happening.
We weren’t meant to see and swallow the truth alone. Let’s talk.