Web is a complex system of interconnected elements. And the meaning of uncertainty is the quality or state of being uncertain. If life had no uncertainties, it wouldn’t be life. It would be mere existence. If we know what is going to happen the very next minute, we wouldn’t be as thrilled or excited to live. If things go according to our plan, it’s great but if it doesn’t, it’s even better. Because this unpredictable nature of life is what makes life interesting.
Similarly, if we look into the life of a twenty-year-old student, it is a web, an ever growing and maddening web of uncertainties. One is being exposed to the adult world which demands him/her to discover their true selves and potentialities whilst having to cop up with the mental issues, strive for academic excellence and strike a balance between them. Everything here seems uncertain-illusionary like a mirage. You think you discovered who you are and the next minute everything comes lashing down on you – every single decision. It feels like the rights are not always right and the wrongs are not always wrong. You feel the weight of the world coming down on you when you aren’t guaranteed tomorrow.
Pressure is everywhere: the pressure to be like everyone else, the pressure to be liked, the pressure to look a certain way. There’s the pressure we place on ourselves. And the pressure that others place upon us. But no matter where the pressure is coming from, we need to find a way to handle it.
Then there’s the issue of peer pressure. What is peer pressure anyway? It’s when your peers or people around you who are your age, try to get you to do something that you might not do otherwise. We all face it from time to time and it can be hard to stand up to, especially if the people pressuring you are your friends or people you hope to hang out with.
It comes in all shapes and sizes, from not-so-serious issues like wearing a certain kind of clothing just because it’s “in” to
It is just a matter of time before the web is altered by some external force and each string of silk force is broken. This web of Uncertainties we dwell in is not permanent. A person is capable of breaking oneself loose from the numerous uncertainties in life and emerge to be someone, a youth aware of their ideal or true selves.
Visedenuo Niswentso
BA 4thSemester
Modern College Piphema, Campus
