Semper Gumby

Found this quote today and was reminded how important flexibility is:
Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.
~Anonymous

How flexible are you? Do you have your own rigid expectations that guide your life? or are you open to being led where God leads even when that path seems far from what is familiar? Do you hold yourself too stiff in your "rightness"? or Do you answer God's call to Love and Forgive even when the pain remains?
God calls us to be His Light in the world especially in the shadows, He calls us to Love even in the midst of pain, and He calls us to Forgive even when that chip on our shoulder clouds our view.
Getting all bent out of shape is a choice. Not to say that we should not react emotionally to anything, but which emotions we allow to control us, and to what degree is a choice. I am guilty of getting bent out of shape now and then as we all are. I also strive though to be quick to apologize, forgive, or just let things roll off my back when it's not something in my control. Being flexible means that we don't break easily and are able to take the curves that life throws in our way even when they are sharp and fast.
Semper Gumby. It takes prayer. It takes conscious effort. It takes willingness.
Semper Gumby,
God Bless!