There was a light dusting of snow (2-3 inches) and it’s still snowing this morning. Looking outside I realize my plants will go dormant, the animals will hibernate, and I need to pull out my winter clothes. As things go along life will change with the season. Nature teaches us that to survive we need to adapt and renew.

My old boss once told me that one of my strongest characteristics was the fact that I can easily adapt to change. I always thought it an odd statement and really was not sure how I felt about it. So many things in my life have not been easy. But over the years I have grown to understand it, and today I look at it as one of the largest compliments anyone has ever paid me.

Adapting and accepting are two very different things. To adapt you must understand your situation, research it, and come up with a plan to make it work for you. We may not agree with it but you find a way to manipulate it. I have been in many situations were my first reaction was anger, and I always give myself time for that. It is a real reaction, usually a heart felt one, and one I never take lightly. But it is also one that I cannot let consume me. I have taught myself that when I am experiencing this reaction I have to do some soul searching. I need to pray about it, and then I usually realize I need more facts.

I know that negotiations is usually a dialogue between two or more people but I do it with myself. When things are out of my control I have to find a beneficial outcome for the issue. I need to reach an come to an agreement with myself. I need an agreement that I can live with. I need one that can help me to adapt but not compromise, my God, my ethics, and my core beliefs. Because these are the things I hold to be absolute truths deep down, underneath all my “surface” thoughts. They determine the way I perceive and interpret the world.

I guess that is the reason for my post. Deep done, underneath all our surface we all have core thoughts. It is what makes us tick. They have come to us through life experiences, Faith, hate, and love. We cannot change the way we each perceive and interpret the world. That was to be done individually. Today is Sunday, a day we are reminded that we do not have to do this alone. Have a blessed day my friends.