Embracing Uncertainty: Achieving Peace of Mind as We Face the Unknown [Audiobook] [Audio Cassette]

'Susan Jeffers has done it again! EMBRACING UNCERTAINTY is a wonderful book with a huge payoff...peace of mind about the future. It is an entertaining read filled with invaluable insights and unique excercises you can take with you on your exciting Journey through life.' -- Jack Canfield, co-author of the #1 New York Times 'Exceptionally helpful in learning to handle life's greatest challenge. I love this book.' -- Wayne Dyer 'Susan Jeffer's books are always fun to read, and she has done it again with EMBRACING UNCERTAINTY. She leads the reader through the art of enjoying life in her own unique style!' -- Louise L. Hay author of You Can Heal Your Life and

Nobody knows what will happen in the next moment of our lives. Whatever is in store for us, the only thing we CAN be sure of is that nothing in life is certain. And since we all fear the unknown, life's uncertainty can be a constant source of worry to us. But, as bestselling author Susan Jeffers explains, life doesn't have to be one worry after the next, a steady stream of 'what if's', and a constant attempt to create a secure haven for ourselves. In "Embracing Uncertainty", she emphasises that an unknown future doesn't prevent a rich and abundant life, and shows how by enjoying life's unpredictability, we transform ourselves from a position of fear to one filled with excitement and potential. Through invaluable case-studies, excercises and her pragmatic wisdom, Susan convinces us, above all, that life is exhilarating because of, not in spite of, uncertainty.

Susan Jeffers received a doctorate in psychology from Columbia University. She is a noted public speaker, workshop leader, and media personality. She has written several best-selling books on the subjects of fear, relationships and personal growth.

You've entered the cinema and are very excited about seeing this great movie that has been touted by the media for months and months. You are happy that none of your friends nor the media have revealed the ending. In fact, at dinner last night, you stopped someone from blurting it out as you put your hands over your ears and started singing loudly. It got a great laugh and your friend got the point . . . he didn't reveal the ending. You wanted to experience the story for yourself. You didn't want the movie spoiled. Think about that. It would spoil the movie if you knew the ending. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could think of the story of our lives in just this way? We could allow ourselves to be the observer of the greatest story ever told . . . at least to ourselves. I WONDER what's going to happen. I WONDER! Strangely, as much as we worry about the uncertainty of the future, I believe that if someone could tell us in advance how things were going to turn out, we wouldn't want to hear it. Oh yes, we love fortune-tellers to tell us that we will be rich, healthy and find true love. It's always great to hear the good stuff, but I don't think we'd like to hear the 'bad' stuff, and, of course, some bad stuff is likely to occur in all our lives. Suppose that I had the power to predict the future with absolute certainty, which of course I don't, and I presented you with the following chronicle of your life . . . You will be happily married at the age of twenty-eight. You will be divorced at the age of thirty-five. Your mother will die when you are thirty-seven. You will have a kidney operation when you are forty-two. You will have two children . . . a boy and a girl. The boy will be great. The girl will be a terror. You will remarry at the age of forty. You will have a great relationship with your new husband. Your husband will die at the age of seventy-three. You will die at the age of eighty-four. And everything in between. If this were describing the events of your life, would you really want to know? Again, I don't think you would. I think your advance knowledge of the bad stuff, and there's always bad stuff, would make you a nervous wreck. And how would knowing how things would turn out affect your decisions? For example, how would you approach your first marriage knowing it would end in divorce? Perhaps you would not have married in the first place. If you chose not to marry, perhaps you would have missed some wonderful and valuable experiences. As I mentioned before, I married my first husband at the age of eighteen, and I was divorced at the age of thirty-four. Had I known before I married that the marriage would definitely end in divorce, would I have married him? Probably not. Would I have missed many wonderful experiences and great learning? Absolutely. Even though we are now divorced, it was not all bad. I am not unhappy about the great times we had together, the great children we raised, and so many other things. And, very significantly, it was largely what I learned from my first marriage that helped me create the very loving and joyous second marriage that I'm in right now. Isn't it better that we take things as they come - the good and the bad - and learn and grow as events happen? I believe that each moment, each day, each age, each experience brings with it its own challenge. And the trick is to learn to love the uncertainty of it all. I know that these are words, just words, that can't describe the pain in which some of us find ourselves at times. But if we can transfer the feeling of upset, even panic, about the future into the understanding that we can learn and grow from it all, we will have made great progress. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.