Quotes About Flexibility

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change. —Confucius

I am neither an optimist nor pessimist, but a possibilist.

Life will do anything for a living.

Learn to lose in order to recover, and remember that nothing stays the same for long

Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw some things back.

Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.

Because of the routines we follow, we often forget that life is an ongoing adventure. . . Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art: to bring all our energies to each encounter, to remain flexible enough to notice and admit when what we expected to happen did not happen. We need to remember that we are created creative and can invent new scenarios as frequently as they are needed.

I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.

She used to say that her secret to life was that she "hoped for the best, was prepared for the worst, so anything in between didn't come as a surprise.

A horse needs a tail more than one season.

I began this lifelong lesson. If human beings eat a thing, and if I am not so violently repelled by my own upbringing that I cannot speak, and if it is visually clean within reason, and if I am not allergic to the offering, I will sit at the table and with all the gusto I can manufacture I will join in the feast. P.S. I call this a lifelong lesson for I have not fully learned it and I am often put to the test...

Ella era Vivian Baxter Jackson: con la esperanza de lo mejor, preparada para lo peor e incapaz de sorprenderse por lo que no fuera ni una cosa ni la otra.

If you keep gathering those reins, lass, you and the horse are going to end up back where you came from.

Okay, okay, already, I said, holding up both hands in an I-surrender sort of gesture. I'll try it your way from now on. I'll do the touchy-feely stuff. Jeez. You West Coasters. It's all backrubs and avocado sandwiches with you guys, isn't it?

Come on." He pressed his forehead against mine, grinning. "You're happy about this. I can tell. It wasn't exactly what we had planned, but it's a surprise, not a disaster. A surprise is a good thing. Right?

Who knows but that you will get up to find that the world has inverted itself yet again?

You try to plan your life, but that's not how it works.

Y]ou can't control everything. Anything, really. Like the food we've been making. We can follow the recipe exactly as your grandmother wrote it, do everything exactly--or almost exactly--as she had, and the dish can come out so-so instead of amazing. Or it can come out amazing when you were expecting very little.

I feel more passionately about the importance of healing from our abuse issues. I feel more passionately. I've become more spontaneous, embraced my femininity, and learned new lessons along the way—about boundaries, flexibility, and owning my power. And about love. I'm learning to respect men. My relationships have deepened. Some have changed.

we need to realize these are only expectations; they belong to us, and we're not always boss.

Sometimes we outgrow a group or sponsor. It's okay to do that without guilt as long as we're not in denial. As we grow, our recovery needs will change. Be flexible and open, and Life will show you what to do.

Sometimes things happen, and for a variety of reasons I may not end up where I wanted to go. If I change my mind or problems beyond my control interfere, I find myself doing something other than what I had planned. Timing and exact circumstances may vary. That's okay. I usually end up someplace that's better for me. That's where acceptance, trust, faith, and letting go come in. But at least I'm not driving aimlessly through life.

yet see how elastic our stiff prejudices grow when once love comes to bend them.