Adaptability is a right pretty little word, isn’t it? It’s a word you don’t see very often and an art form that few seem capable of practicing. Life is filled with changing circumstances. Nothing, absolutely nothing, stays the same. In fact, situations change as often as the weather. As we adapt our clothing to the weather, we have to master the art of adapting our actions, thoughts, and emotions to circumstances. If people became more adaptable, we would see fewer drivers cursing at the traffic, fewer people nastily tugging at you in queues and fewer people googling for stress management techniques.
You find yourself constantly stuck in a long traffic jam. The peak hour’s city traffic is the worst. Most of us just get agitated. We honk our horns and throw abuses at the other drivers on the road. If something as simple as traffic can get you upset, your emotions sit on fragile foundations. O you have pressing matters and important places to be? Possibly. But the point is, your response to the situation made the situation worse, not better. You made your muscles tense up and your pulse race. Each one’s central nervous system must have thought something far worse than traffic was going on!
Adaptability, which you can think of as flexibility, means being able to change when the circumstances (or the situation) require it. Like all good traits and healthy habits, your ability to be more adaptable (flexible) will become stronger the more you practice. Make it a point to adapt to situations in a mentally, physically, and spiritually healthy way as often as possible. Pop in some music and enjoy the time you have. There are probably a million chores due and racing through your mind. But fret not. With that much work to do, you should probably enjoy the peace and quiet while you can.