רש״י✦ Verified
Rashi
A teachingUncertainty is not a problem to solve; it is a time you are living in. Ecclesiastes teaches that there is a season for everything—a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to speak and a time to be silent. You do not know which season you are in until you are in it. This is not a flaw in the world. It is how the world works. What matters is not that you know what comes next, but that you act with justice, love kindness, and walk humbly before God right now, in this uncertain moment. Rashi teaches that even the Holy One takes counsel with the lesser—asks permission, listens, bends toward others. If God works this way, you can too. You can hold your uncertainty lightly, speak to those around you, listen for what the moment needs, and move forward without pretending to see what you cannot see.
Sources
“To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under heaven.”Ecclesiastes 3:1 ↗
Uncertainty is not chaos; it is rhythm. You are in a season, not a permanent condition.
“He has told you, O man, what is good: to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God.”Micah 6:8 ↗
You need not know the future to know what is good right now—act justly, love kindness, stay humble.
“From here we learn the humility of the Holy One: the great should take counsel with, and seek permission from, the lesser.”Rashi on Genesis 1:26 ↗
Even God does not act alone or in certainty. Reach out, listen, move with others.
A small stepName one small decision you are uncertain about. Instead of waiting for certainty, ask one person you trust what they see. Listen without arguing. Then do the kind thing.