Suits of Certainty

Certainty: well Franklin tells us all that we can be sure of is "death and taxes" but our uncertainty itself seems to be a constant. For some this is more obvious than others. I recently was discussing the matter with a friend of mine who is both an actor, sax player and bouncer. As you know I have gone from the "steady" world of wall st. to temping and perhaps to another full time jobs but with hopes of one day making my living as a bass player. He made the good point that nothing about these supposed "secure" jobs is in fact secure, reliable or even the least bit predictable. Life is to varied for that. His point was that at least he, as an actor/musician, knew that life was unpredictable and did not place undue reliance on the present set of circumstances continuing henceforth to inffinity. Then how does one prepare to face what is by its very nature indiscernible. I liked to quote Sun Tzu on the matter, for I think he says it best "The art of war teaches us to rely not on the likelihood of the enemy's not coming, but on our own readiness to receive him; not on the chance of his not attacking, bur rather on the fact that we have made our position unassailable"