8.13.2013

adaptability

adaptable: capable of being or becoming

This word has been showing up in many different ways lately. The fact that is has been showing up multiple times is what caught my full attention and directed my thoughts toward what it really means.

Being free enough to be adaptable....being 'capable' of becoming....is a benchmark of forward progress.
Being open enough to be adaptable when a choice or decision you've made proves to be an inappropriate or wrong choice or decision at the moment is the benchmark of forward progress.
Being relaxed enough to be adaptable in the face of discomfort is the benchmark of a person living intentionally with forward progress in mind.

Never mistake adaptability with being fickle.
Being fickle lends itself to the implication that one keeps choosing changes in order to stay in an emotional/physical state of comfort and order.
Being adaptable implies a person is able to go wherever 'the flow' may take them in order to achieve the ultimate life experience.

Embrace life experience, no matter how messy it can be at times!