You Don’t Need to Have All the Answers Right Now

You just need to be willing to experience it all

Sammy Wan
3 min readAug 16, 2022
Photo by Javier Allegue Barros on Unsplash

So many of us live with this notion of ‘I need to figure it all out RIGHT NOW’, being in this constant state of urgency and pressing demand for ourselves. There’s a fine line when that searching and seeking becomes unhealthy stress rather than motivating us towards where we want to be.

More often than not, we are driven by the fear of failing, the fear of disappointing others, and the fear of not being enough. While all these fears can feel debilitating, being able to feel these fears are exactly what makes us human and show us the path to our true selves.

Even the greatest artists and writers experience these fears. Ultimately, it’s not about getting rid of the fears, as I’ve always mentioned. It’s whether we are avoiding our fears or leaning into them. What if fear is here to teach us how to be truly free?

“Don’t search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even…

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Sammy Wan

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