Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.

Hope needs a gap to live in. If the outcome were already settled, there would be nothing to hope for, only something to accept. So the not knowing that makes you anxious is the same not knowing that leaves the door open, and you cannot close one without closing the other.

When you catch yourself demanding certainty, ask what you would lose if you got it. Often the answer is the possibility you have quietly been counting on. Let the question stay open a little longer than is comfortable, and notice that waiting is not the same as losing.