Our admirable ability to adapt to new situations is the key towards becoming a self-confident individual. However, if one has yet to find an inner confidence, i.e. peace, the life will seem as a frightening experience riddled with inconsistences and uncertainty. Whenever a sudden change occurs in the lives of those who have found comfort in external things, be it other human beings or soulless things, and they lose the things they inaccurately believe to be essential, these individuals reach a state of panic. Sadly, most people have not come to terms with themselves as of yet and are therefore living what might appear to be an unsettling existence.
In today’s society most of us believe that panic, neurosis, a sense of not belonging and other signs of nervousness to be natural elements in modern life, that times of panic are to be expected come, say, graduation or retirement. Most of us have misled ourselves into believing that life ought to be governed by a transcendental meaning or purpose, be it universal or personal, and that we must seek comfort in the external world. The truth of the matter is that the most important thing is not to seek meaning and comfort by trying to conform by, for example, settling down, getting a mortgage or in any other way tieing oneself to external objects as a way of avoiding the uncertainties of life.
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