The Laughing Wolf

A Reminder On The Need For Mental Flexibility

My friends know that I am a creature of habits (mostly bad) and that I have a tendency to make plans and try to stick with them no matter what. Yesterday gave me a good reminder of making the most of things. I had to go meet with some people on a deal, one that would give me money. I like such things, but right now my schedule is incredibly tight and was being made even tighter by the fact that this meeting, if it went off at planned, would require some immediate and intensive travel. Already nervous and unhappy enough as it was, I was far less than amused when the lawyer's office called yesterday morning to report a problem. Bleep. Payment problem. Bleep. Can we handle the paperwork this way? Yes. Bleep.

Me being me, I immediately began formulating contingency plans and had four worked out by the time I finished driving over for the meeting. These ranged from the worst case (I'm Frelled) to best case (No intensive travel and can manage things from the temporary lair). As it turns out, the payment issue became a non-issue and I could implement the best-case contingency plan. It means a busy morning and day, but makes the rest of this week much, much better.

Reminder taken: things do work out for the best in the end, if we are prepared to be flexible enough to take advantage and make it so.

LW