Flex

You’re sitting at your desk and hear something behind you.  You look over your shoulder to see the mini blinds moving left to right and hitting the window frame.  That used to happen quite often in the high rises I worked at in downtown Houston.  On real windy days, you could see the water move in the sink yet you could not really feel the movement.  One building in particular that I worked at had a 6” sway in the design. The buildings are designed to account a certain amount of sway and movement with the wind, but when you look at them from the outside, you see a mix of what is perceived to be immovable objects like steel, stone, and concrete.  I think there is a lot to learn from high rises.  Even though they are perceived as rigid structures built to withstand most anything, they still have to be able to flex with changing weather conditions.  It is a simple concept, flex, or fall. 

Being a hard ass all the time does not work.  Being a pushover all the time does not work.  Being indecisive/noncommittal does not work.  For the most part, taking any position to an extreme is setting yourself up for failure at some point in life.  What does work, in my opinion, is having a strong foundation yet the ability to flex and move with the experiences called life.  Personally, I feel I learn the most when I am flexing to a situation.  You flex one way then come back to center.  You flex another way and you come back to center.  As with most all aspects of life, it comes back to the “B” word, Balance.   So how flexible are you?