Doctrine: Flexibility

I find it interesting that people “regret” decisions. They feel that some of the most trivial things that can occur to them in life are the most grave.

I try to live life as it is. I try to do what I need to do, regardless of the situation. I think that this gives me flexibility…when the details of a situation change, I can easily change what I will do to accomodate.

I worry that I will become too loose of a person…or too weak. For example, I look at school. In my opinion, what school you go to is really immaterial in the end. As long as it has a degree that’s worth something and can get you into the field you want, then who cares about what else? But others I know…they seem to have been groomed from birth for their schools, and they are dangerously loyal. A school is a school. What else do you need to think? If you don’t get accepted, then you don’t get accepted. It’s not the end of the world. There’s no reason why you have to go to X School instead of Y School when both X and Y will get you where you need to go.

People get attached to things too easily, and I think this hurts sometimes. They become so passionate over their attachments that if they lose them, they overreact and melt down. What use is this?

I understand that there are some things one should be attached to. There are some things one should be passionate about. I don’t think that flexibility and devotion are exclusive. On the contrary, when I choose to do my best, I put in everything I have. When I need to do something else, I shift my 100% over easily.

When I see people with such fierce loyalties, such fierce faiths, strong attachments — to any cause — I find myself drifting away from them. I can’t fully identify with that part of them.