Keys to the Maze

    Unwaveringly Uncertain

    2024

    In a world that craves certainty
    Be unwaveringly uncertain
    For nothing is so dangerous
    As a person who is certain
    Of their own rightness
    The world is constantly changing
    And uncertainty is the pathway
    To knowledge and wisdom

    In a world that revels in cacophony
    Be resolutely silent
    For nothing is so self-defeating
    As someone who shouts louder
    To be heard above the noise
    The world is endlessly babbling
    And silence is the secret
    To saying more with less

    In a world that vies for attention
    Be steadfastly focused
    For nothing is so futile
    As a person who craves affirmation
    From fickle strangers
    The world is doggedly distracting
    And focus is the superpower
    For creating real impact

    In a world that sows division
    Be consciously connected
    For nothing is so destructive
    As someone who plants seeds of discontent
    In fields of insecurity
    The world is dazzlingly diverse
    And connecting is the fine art
    Of leading with love

    In a world that favours action
    Be deeply reflective
    For nothing is so counterproductive
    As a person who acts impulsively
    Without weighing consequences
    The world is forever shifting
    And reflection is the discipline
    Of studying emerging patterns

    In a world that wants simple answers
    Be conspicuously complex
    For nothing is so misleading
    As someone who promises quick fixes
    To life’s hard problems
    The world is strangely entangled
    And complexity is the cipher
    To decode life’s meaning

    — Wayne Visser