I try to be alert and available. I try to be available for life to happen to me.
We tell ourselves we're here to be flexible and to be nimble, and not necessarily to stick to a master plan.
Planning is like taking on blinders. I think it is a wise thing to be open to whatever shows up on your doorstep.
There is no way to keep your thumb on the pulse unless you have your thumb on the pulse, and I think we have it.
Opportunities don't knock, they whisper. So shut up and listen.
We need to take down our "Do not disturb" signs... snap out of our stupor and come out of our coma and awake from our apathy.
You have to move forward. It's constantly changing. Everything changes and everything falls apart. You have to be nimble and on your toes and accessible to it all. Not everyone is on board with this.
I am a believer in trying to treat people properly and trying to respond and making sure that I find the time to be courteous.
When you get your opportunities, you've just got to go with what they said... I'll do what's necessary wherever they put me.
Adaptability is being able to adjust to any situation at any given time.
Having totality means being capable of following "what is," because "what is" is constantly moving and constantly changing. If one is anchored to a particular view, one will not be able to follow the swift movement of "what is.
A flip-flopper is an intelligent person who changes position when the circumstance changes.
I feel like it's important to be flexible, particularly when I'm coming in late in the game and I'm connective tissue in the story. I'm not at the very center. It's important for me to have a certain kind of flexibility and try to help people do what they need to do.
We need to keep our ears open to the realities of life. If we don't act on life and take action to make things happen, it will act on us and give us results we might not want.
