The Wisdom of Insecurity

For many of us, the world feels like an insecure place. We don’t know what will happen next and we’re concerned. Yet, isn’t this always true of life? We never know for sure what’s ahead. So, how do we live wisely with this insecurity?

One of the books that meant the most to me last year was a classic by the philosopher Alan Watts – The Wisdom of Insecurity. The summary of the book on Amazon begins with the following line (remember that this book was written in 1951): “We live in an age of u...