Situational Adaptivity

It is funny how life goes, we have a tendency to make broad declaration about how we show up. 

For example, I am absolutely the mom who says, “We’re not driving to school. It’s a five-minute walk.”

I am also the mom who is getting in the car without giving my own declaration a second thought. 

As I drive the 90-second ride back home, I catch myself thinking: how did this come to be the routine. And then it hits me - this is simply situational adaptivity and surrendering to the moment. Maybe this is reframing. Maybe it is optimism. But either way, when our principles meet reality, I think we naturally shift toward our values. 

And we adapt to the moment. And honestly, what does it truly matter if we walk or if we drive. We had time together. We had moments that matter.

I think we can underestimate how much energy it takes to hold our ideals rigidly when life is unfolding in real time. The more I step into the flow of the moment, the softer moments become, and the smoother things seem to become. 

Not to mention, in those moments, joy has a way of sneaking in more easily when we meet life with adaptability and release the need for everything to go a certain way.