Lost trust in the universe?

[antelopevalley]

Has anyone else lost trust in the universe? By that, I mean the trust that you can plan ahead and plan what you want to do in the next 3-5 years.

I no longer trust that I can do that. Life has been so uncertain since covid hit, with lockdowns, an energy crisis, and the cost of living crisis. Everything feels very unpredictable. I would love a feeling of stability, but the last time I felt that way was in 2019.

Anyone else?

Life itself is temporary and unstable, OP! We cannot predict our own future, and do not even know if our lives will be long or short. Hence the old saying “Life is what happens while you were making other plans”.
I used to be a bit of a control freak, but I’ve discovered it’s much more peaceful to simply let God get on with running the universe, while I simply enjoy or cope with whatever the day brings.

I trust nothing and just live in the here and now.

I feel like that op. Like the world shifted sideways and I don’t know what will be next.

It wasn’t just the major events but the realisation of how people think that came to the fore in lockdown.

It’s just different now.

I know life is short and we can't predict what will happen. But I used to plan things ahead. Whether jobs I was working towards, training for the future or even holidays a year ahead. Now I don't seem to be able to trust the universe enough to plan anything more than a couple of months ahead.

@Whatsleftnow I know what you mean when you say realising how people think has changed your perceptions of the world.

Had a few things happen recently that have completely rocked my trust in other people. It has however given me a wake up call to evict anyone that causes me stress or I don’t trust from my life. Not sure I’ll be the same again if I am honest and I know that sounds dramatic but that’s it.

Yes absolutely. When I was younger I used to have a lot of faith in the universe, fate, that things would always work out.

Now at 30 years old, wisdom of time has taught me that fate isn’t really a thing as such, events that happen in life are just random, some good , some bad. There’s no garantees in life.

Exactly this.

I don’t know what faith in the universe means, but I’ve certainly lost trust in people closest to me, which means I can’t plan my life as I would have wanted to. Things are compounded by the huge uncertainty in the economy. Things do seem pretty bleak at the moment. But, perhaps you need to crash and burn for a new beginning to emerge (I feel I do, at least).