You like to think you’ve got it figured out. The map was drawn out, and the plan was made. Step one, step two, step three — forward, always forward. You tell yourself that if you prepare enough, if you think hard enough, you won’t stumble.
But then you do.
The thing you were so sure about slips through your hands. The answer you trusted turns out to be wrong. And suddenly, you’re standing there, looking at the cracks in your plan, wondering how you missed them.
It’s tempting to stop there. To sit down and say, I guess I was wrong, and leave it at that. After all, if you were wrong about this, what else might you be wrong about? How many other things are waiting to crumble?
But here’s the truth — you are wrong about something. Probably about a lot of things. Maybe even about the most important thing.
And that’s okay.
Because knowing everything isn’t the point. Being right all the time isn’t the point. The point is moving forward, even when you don’t have all the answers. The point is making peace with the gaps in your knowledge, the holes in your understanding, and the quiet fact that some things may never make sense.
Wisdom isn’t about knowing everything. It’s about knowing that you can’t know everything — and choosing to try anyway. It’s about stepping into the unknown, even with shaky hands. It’s about making choices without guarantees and understanding that failure isn’t the end, just part of the path.
So you take a breath. You gather what you know, even if it’s not enough. You carry the mistakes and the doubts and the questions, and you take the next step.
And maybe you’ll be wrong again. Maybe you’ll have to stop and adjust. But you’ll keep going — because courage isn’t about knowing you’ll succeed. It’s about walking forward even when you don’t know how it ends.
The CJBuzz 