08/12/2026
I think one of the hardest parts of navigating uncertainty is accepting that we rarely know where our choices will lead.
We can reflect, make plans, weigh our options, and try to make the best decision with what we know—but there are no guarantees. Sometimes we won’t know whether we made the “right” choice until much later. And when the future already feels uncertain, that can be scary.
I’ve been feeling that tension myself.
There are things I want deeply for my life, but I don’t have a map showing me exactly how to get there. I don’t know which opportunity will lead somewhere meaningful, which idea will work, or whether the steps I’m taking now will create the future I’m hoping for.
But I’m realizing that maybe trust isn’t about knowing.
Maybe trust is choosing to take the next step even when we don’t know what comes after it.
Sometimes it feels like traveling in the dark with only enough light to illuminate a few feet in front of us. We might wish we could see the entire road—to know where it leads, what obstacles are ahead, and whether we’ll eventually arrive where we hoped.
But maybe we aren’t meant to see that far yet.
Maybe all we need is enough light for the next step.
And then the next.
We can adjust when we learn something new. Change direction when something isn’t working. Pause when we need to. Try another way. But we’ll never discover what might be waiting on the other side if fear keeps us standing in the same place.
This New Moon Solar Eclipse reminds me that faith doesn’t require certainty. Sometimes faith is simply giving ourselves a chance to find out what could happen if we keep going.
So for now, I’m trying to trust what I can see, take the next best step I know how to take, and leave a little room for life to surprise me along the way.
Where might you be waiting for certainty when all you really need is enough courage to take the next step?
🤍 Kara
