Adjusting to the changes in life?
By Hope
@1hopefulman (45120)
Canada
March 26, 2019 9:50pm CST
"We can't stop the wind from blowing but we can adjust our sails!" I heard this saying a while back and liked it so much that I like passing it on. Does this saying resonate with you? Have you had to do some adjustments in your life?
One can lose a job, a mate, a friend, one's health...
Yes, life can throw sudden and unpleasant curveballs at us.
Sometimes the winds can blow very hard. A skilled sailor works his sails so that instead of the wind stopping his progress, he adjusts them so that he can continue his journey and reach his destination, maybe a little haggard and weary, but he reaches his destination nevertheless.
How are your skills at adjusting to the changes in life? What has been of real help to you?
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
29 Mar 19
Yes, at times adjustments are necessary. Of course, it's good that we have a destination or a goal in mind.
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@JudyEv (341752)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Mar 19
@1hopefulman If you don't have a goal you can go round and round in circles.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
30 Mar 19
@JudyEv Apparently that's what happens to ants at times.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
29 Mar 19
Yes, you have! It is good to keep our goals and destinations in mind so that we don't lose our way.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
30 Mar 19
@LadyDuck Yes, there are times like that but I guess we are not the sort that give up as we are still here. 
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@LadyDuck (472004)
• Switzerland
29 Mar 19
@1hopefulman Sometimes it's really hard, you would almost want to give up.
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
1 Apr 19
I looked at life as an adventure. I grew up in the country of NYS, went to college in Kansas and Missouri, met my husband there, we married and spent years moving around the mid west so my husband could get to where he wanted to be and he got there. Our last move was to Canada and we love it here. Our children are grown and all live in Canada. We are retired now but occasionally working too. I paint and sell my art in a store in a tourist area.
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@andriaperry (117133)
• Anniston, Alabama
27 Mar 19
Mine are good now. I am flexible and will do with the flow.
The real help is letting go and letting my faith over.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
29 Mar 19
We keep learning and as we do so, we become more experienced in keeping the sailboat afloat!
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
1 Apr 19
Yes, changes can happen quickly and unexpectedly. It is good to have knowledge and skills to overcome or learn to cope with adversities in life. God, family and friends can be a comfort to us in such times.
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@nela13 (58720)
• Portugal
1 Apr 19
@1hopefulman those 3 pillars are fundamental in my life.
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@mynameiskate (2574)
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1 Apr 19
That's a good saying. I like it. For me adjustment or should I say the lack of adjustment around getting older has been interesting so far.
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
2 Apr 19
Thank you and glad you also like it! Yes, adjusting to advancing years is a challenge and it calls for many adjustments in our situation.
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@mynameiskate (2574)
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3 Apr 19
@1hopefulman Lets hope they are reasonably good ones.
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@buenavida (9984)
• Sweden
31 Mar 19
Life changes, and we have to ajust the best we can even if we have big problems.. It helps if we find something positive in what happens, even in negative things.. I have found that God can help us with that.. 
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
1 Apr 19
I learned today that when we have problems, instead of focusing on ourselves that if we focus on helping others then we feel better.1 person likes this
@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
27 Mar 19
I agree to it 100%. Life really can become unpredictable that we must learn when to dodge or face head on what challenges it may bring along with you. It has so many unexpected surprises that you may meet some good and some bad so you just need to avoid the bad ones and welcome the good ones in your life.
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@just4him (317249)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
1 Apr 19
I've had to adjust my sails a few times. Positive thinking usually sees me through and faith in God.
@brokenbee (11090)
• Philippines
27 Mar 19
Hmmmm It's good I read this... I am currently in this situation, where there are changes in the coming days and yes, I think I need to adjust my sails.
Sometimes, it is hard for me to accept changes but I have to... I am a bit nervous but at the same time, I am excited of the outcome.
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@dgobucks226 (35716)
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29 Mar 19
Very clever how you phrased being adaptable to different situations. In some areas I will make adjustments usually when what I'm doing is not working out (much like the sailor who adjusts those sails). In other areas, things like updating technology,ie; cell phones, TV's, text, e-mails things like that I am slow to change. This photo is how I sometimes feel about adapting to change and making adjustments to things in general....
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
29 Mar 19
Yes, we can't stop changes from happening. We have to accept changes when they come our way. However, it takes skill to turn a negative into a positive. If sailors on the old sailing ships didn't adjust their sails they would end up somewhere where they did not want to be.
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@dgobucks226 (35716)
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30 Mar 19
@1hopefulman Can't argue with that logic my friend 
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@SunWeihao (23)
• Qingdao, China
29 Mar 19
I haven't yet...But actually I know I will face some challenge of changes in the near future. I'm gonna go abroad to start my university five months later. So hope I will adjust the total new environment and school...
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@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
29 Mar 19
Yes, there are challenges that will pop up, some expected and some unexpected, where you will have to adjust the sails so that you can keep going towards your goals. All the best!
@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
30 Mar 19
I adapt pretty easily most of the time because I have faith that God will get us through as He has always done. =)
@arthurchappell (44998)
• Preston, England
30 Mar 19
great saying, my main recent changes were changing my home city and altering my diet
@rachz_kisses (3838)
• Philippines
28 Mar 19
That's true. We don't have control over life but we need to adapt in order to survive.
