First Person Singular by Wendy Braitman

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Living With Uncertainty

May 10, 2011 ⋅  Email This Post ⋅  Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

Lately, I’ve been noticing how many people are in transition. Or maybe, I’m projecting. But apparently, it’s the case with Maria Shriver, who went public yesterday, with the news that she and Arnold Schwarzenegger are splitting up after 25 years of marriage. It’s hard to muster much sympathy for someone living with her level of privilege, but even Shriver commented on the pain of uncertainty: “It’s so stressful to not know what you’re doing next. People ask you what are you doing and then they can’t believe that you don’t know what you’re doing,” she said.  I find it surprising that all that money and power doesn’t make you immune from the rigors of change. Actually, now that I think about it, it’s comforting.

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