You plan your day, know where you’re going, and suddenly there’s a road closure.
Now you have to take a different route.
You can spend the entire drive complaining about the inconvenience, or you can adjust and keep moving.
Life gives us plenty of detours. Some are small. Others require us to change plans we worked hard to make.
Being flexible doesn’t mean the original plan wasn’t important. It means we’re willing to find another way when something changes.
The next time things don’t go as planned, focus on what you can still do instead of what didn’t happen.
The Simplifier’s Take: A change in direction doesn’t have to change your destination.
Don’t let an unexpected detour take away your enjoyment of the journey. Sometimes you simply need another way to get where you’re going.
– Orlando Espinosa | The Simplifier of Information®