While on Spring Break this year, we traveled to Kill Devil Hills, NC. The place where the world was forever changed in 12 seconds. The location where Wilbur & Orville Wright took first flight.
In visiting their Memorial it was clear several obstacles were in their way that they would face and eventually overcome. One was climbing the steep hill, which was mostly sand at that time, and doing so with an aircraft. We climbed it ourselves on what was now a paved path and I was out of breath as we reached the top. It gave me first hand understanding of how much harder it must have been for them. Another obstacle was diligently pursuing this achievement while others in their community perceived this attempt to fly as merely insane.
After 4 long years, they achieved what few believed possible, man would create a machine that would not only take flight, but also carry us on board, and the possibility of a whole new world became inevitable. The quote on the side of their Memorial states, “Achieved by dauntless resolution and unconquerable faith.”
How many inventions were created by those with this ability to continue to create in the face of uncertainty?
How many inventions were not, because someone decided that the certainty of accepting that it must not be possible was easier than continuing to have unsuccessful attempts.
Whatever number is too many for you in terms of unacceptable attempts, that becomes your threshold for continuing to create in the face of uncertainty.
If I asked you for your number, what would you say?
I’ve traveled along this path of uncertainty now for years and here’s what I’ve come to believe. It takes great love to hold the space of great uncertainty. It takes great faith to believe something is possible when there is more evidence against it. It takes great patience, especially about not setting a deadline for God’s timing. It takes great daring, as those closest will see this struggle & try to convince you that the sacrifice is not worth it. They may falsely influence those around you that it will never happen.
Continuing to create in the face of uncertainty is not a skill we were taught in school, yet it is available to anyone. It can allow for miracles to arise, for light to shine, and for us to be connected to our creative source. It can grant us access to the Source who can move us forward. The One who creates all things and makes all things possible. He is able to fill us with what’s needed and guide us along the way. He is the connection to all that was, all that is and all that will be. He will join you in this uncertain place if given the invitation.
It makes me wonder how many things we’ve collectively concluded are impossible when perhaps they merely have a high number of unsuccessful attempts to achieve ultimate success.
So, what does it take to continue to create in the face of uncertainty? This is best answered by those who did it!
“… dauntless resolution and unconquerable faith.” ~ The Wright Brothers
~ Toni McGillen
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