THE power to accommodate is the ability to expand and accept the ideas and desires of others.

My simple acknowledgment of your presence is my first gesture of accommodation as I let you into my universe. The ability to accommodate others is a major challenge today as it requires a kind of fearlessness.

Adjustment is needed when the situation gives no option but to change, like being in a traffic jam. Adjustment is a power because when we mould ourselves to the situation, it will also try to please us.

So, if we are stuck in a traffic jam, we can learn another language or management skills. Or, even meditate. Thus, we stop seeing such situations as problems.

Although adjustment requires patience, it is not passiveness since it is a power. We mould ourselves when the situation does not have a solution and we must live it. Be ready for things to go wrong. Make allowances for the fact that other people have different movements to you. Slow down your thoughts, relax. Many things will challenge you in a single day.

Events do happen now and again and you cannot hurry them. By mastering patience you are looking after your well-being. With less worry you will enjoy each day.

Positive experiences inspire us to savour each moment without rushing on to the next.

Thought for reflection: Understanding that everything has to happen in its own good time, I am not rushed or anxiously waiting for people to change.