Be Flexible In Life And What You Do - And Reap The Rewards

Being flexible is a great way to be. This is not to say that we always say yes, but that we are open to new opportunities and new situations.

You are then able to take advantage of the opportunities that life throws your way. Be they the mainstream of just the byways of life.

Don't be ever yielding, but be willing to be elastic and stretch. Be able to adjust to circumstance, just like the tall spruce tree bends in the wind, learn to bend and adapt to the winds of change in your life.

Be accommodating without being over yielding. Adjust your stance when required and in the light of new information, wisdom or experience. (S)he who does not have an adaptable stance in life will not recover from troubled waters when they appear, as they inevitably do from time to time.

Be amenable but responsive, variable but gentle in your affairs. Be relaxed, what is there really to worry about - though we make a good go at it from time to time, don't we?

Be open and flexible to change. Be aware of its force and influence but don't be afraid. Trust in yourself and believe that you can handle what life throws at you.

Understand that life has much in store for all of us in our time here on Earth. But at times things can get a bit too much. At times we can question and wonder. We think about what is really happening in our life.

At times you will be tested. And you will question and wonder. And start thinking about what is really happening in our life. Am I doing the right thing and in the right way? Or . . .?

The questioning can continue. What you are doing. What you are involved in. What direction your life is going in. At times like these words can be very powerful - healing, soothing, comforting, relaxing . . .

The power of words . . .

As we read we can let the words gently flow over us.

We can let ourselves open to the thoughts and their meanings, the ideas and their origin, the phrases and the understandings that they have ready for us.

I hope this flexible page will do this and more. I hope this example will help to express life in an insightful, penetrating but easy to read manner. And help us to question the lives we lead and the manner in which we live them.

What an advantage it is to be flexible
but not so we bend over and break
we want all our targets and aims to tackle
but not so we end up with a headache

We would like to remain ever cheerful
but so that we retain our sense of fun and make
the right decisions and be productive and fruitful
to be adaptable and not any change have to forsake

We want to be seen as more than capable
and for this we need learn from any mistake
so that we forge ahead and with life wrestle
and grow and develop so the right decisions we can then make

What do I lose by being inflexible
do I lose a bit of myself
for I should be confident and adaptable
to make the most of life itself
for otherwise I might just live a lie
and who wants to end up so anti
the opportunities that life puts your way
not giving them a chance might well spoil this or any day

All best,
Martin