Back in the day, my fancy for a neat and tidy calendar put a period on using pens. The flexibility I get penciling in my plans allows my neatnik bias.
Turns out this flexibility also recognizes the capricious nature of life. As Robert Burns expressed in his poem, the “best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men, oft go astray.”
Life happens and tomorrow isn’t promised. Sometimes a hard lesson to learn.
Discovering the secret on how to “roll with it” is surprisingly liberating. Instead of rigidly clutching a tradition, habit or belief, I can let it go; un-clench. Release the need to be perfect or proper. It’s healing and freeing just being me.
As Steve Winwood says – “Hang in and do that sweet thing you do.”
“The mental flexibility of the wise man permits him to keep an open mind and enables him to readjust himself whenever it becomes necessary for a change.”
— Malcolm X
