We all get lost somtimes

The truth is, I don't know what I'm doing.

At this point in my life, I'm following the rules. I have a direction and a purpose. I just don't have all of the answers.

I think if we all became just a little more honest with ourselves and admitted that we just don't know what the hell we're doing every now and then, the world would be an easier place to live in.

I work in customer service (fun, right). The number of irate customers I speak with on a day to day basis is largely because someone they've spoken with prior to me pulled something out of their ass just to sound good and tried to appease the customer... until the customer found out it was inaccurate and had to call back about the same issue again. Conversely, some of the most positive responses I've ever received have been in response to pure honesty. It doesn't negate the fact that I still have to find the answer, but people who know you aren't blowing smoke up their asses are apt to be more patient and understanding.

Unfortunately, I've learned this seems to be the way of the world; tell people what they want to hear, and pretend we have all of the answers to save face. But think of how much more we could get resolved if we were honest, and said "I don't know". Think of the help we would receive if we admitted the truth. Maybe we don't have all the answers, maybe we don't have to be supermen and superwomen all the time and maybe it's okay to admit the obvious... that we don't know what the hell is going on, or where we are or what the hell we're doing.

It's like being a kid, I imagine, lost in the shopping center. Your mother used to say, "If you ever get lost, stand still and someone will find you." Things are not quite that easy nowadays, but the principle still stands. In my mid-twenties, I'm still only finding myself. I am not prone to making stupid mistakes any longer but as long as I am human, I will never be mistake-free. And more and more, I am learning that being lost is not an earth-shattering, end of the world thing. It is simply part of the process. Maybe if we stop being so fearful of admitting the obvious, we would be more accepting of the process. Then maybe we could prevent some of the unnecessary mistakes we make because we were afraid to ask for help.

Being lost is just part of learning our own path and creating our own story. The most important thing perhaps to remember is that being lost is just temporary. You cannot be lost forever.