Unforeseen is what happens without our taking it into account, when it occurs without giving signs or anticipated signs that can announce it. For example: "I could not get to the meeting, I had an unforeseen event" "I drove calmly and concentrated, when suddenly a horse crossed me and I had to do a bad maneuver to avoid it."
Daily incidents give us the feeling of lack of control over events, as there are unforeseen events that force us to reorganize the agenda. There are people who are very dynamic and program their agenda down to the last millimeter.
This type of attitude generally produces suffering since life teaches us that adaptation to change is essential. That is, we are immersed in a stream of events on which some have more influence than others. There are external contingencies that show the value of chance or chance in our life.
It should be noted that the unpredictable must not have a negative character simply is an aspect that the person had not and should make an effort to organize the integration of this new information.
A phone call with unexpected news, an unannounced visit, the cancellation of a plan at the last minute, the assignment of more tasks at work, a slight health problem that prevents meeting the day's schedule are examples of unforeseen events Possibly forcing ourselves to reorganize by adopting a proactive attitude in the face of external circumstances.
The right to these unforeseen events is called fortuitous events and they are exempt from liability, for example, missing school or working due to illness, flooding in the streets or in the home, and so on. Sometimes events are planned but cannot be avoided, this is called force majeure, for example, in the same work case, if someone cannot attend due to a scheduled surgery.
In organized societies, in general, there are measures to prevent or reduce the damage that can be caused by general unforeseen events, such as floods, fires or earthquakes. The more protected these communities are, the lower their vulnerability.
The unforeseen bring great learning lessons: they help us implement the resources to manage changes, we also open the door to novelty that takes us out of the comfort zone and, sometimes we discover that there are very pleasant surprises behind unforeseen events that at first they were not observed as such.
The unforeseen brings dynamism to life in the form of unpredictable surprise. This is one of the reasons why it is a sign of emotional intelligence to live in the present and not think too much about the future. Nobody knows what will happen tomorrow.
