Comments on: Remember How Adaptable You Are http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/remember-how-adaptable-you-are/ Get to know David Kadavy Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:29:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: kadavy http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/remember-how-adaptable-you-are/comment-page-1/#comment-870 kadavy Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:59:53 +0000 http://www.kadavy.net/?p=361#comment-870 @E Day, agreed - a need to *constantly* move act as a defense mechanism rather than a growing tool. Eventually, after enough moving around, our personality should probably become defined enough that we can decide just where home is. I guess this is what they call "settling down." :) But, life is long, and the world changes rapidly, so it would make sense that making moves could be beneficial in any stage in life. My parents, who are around 60, just moved from their home town for the first time in their lives, and I think it's been a growing experience for them. @E Day, agreed – a need to *constantly* move act as a defense mechanism rather than a growing tool. Eventually, after enough moving around, our personality should probably become defined enough that we can decide just where home is. I guess this is what they call “settling down.” :)

But, life is long, and the world changes rapidly, so it would make sense that making moves could be beneficial in any stage in life. My parents, who are around 60, just moved from their home town for the first time in their lives, and I think it’s been a growing experience for them.

]]> By: E Day http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/remember-how-adaptable-you-are/comment-page-1/#comment-869 E Day Tue, 11 Nov 2008 06:05:33 +0000 http://www.kadavy.net/?p=361#comment-869 If you want to live in the same place your whole life that is fine. It just depends on if you are staying there because it provides you with all the stimulus, and evolution that you need, or if you remain there because you are afraid of change. The converse is true, some people are moving constantly and "adapting" because this process is a smokescreen that hides something inside that they are running away from. Dynamic evolution is an inner process, not an outer process. That said, there is no question that the occasional major move will break your boundaries. If you want to live in the same place your whole life that is fine. It just depends on if you are staying there because it provides you with all the stimulus, and evolution that you need, or if you remain there because you are afraid of change. The converse is true, some people are moving constantly and “adapting” because this process is a smokescreen that hides something inside that they are running away from. Dynamic evolution is an inner process, not an outer process. That said, there is no question that the occasional major move will break your boundaries.

]]> By: Mary http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/remember-how-adaptable-you-are/comment-page-1/#comment-850 Mary Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:52:04 +0000 http://www.kadavy.net/?p=361#comment-850 I like Fayza's attitude... and still, I think you can live in the same house all your life and be adaptable. It's an inner attribute -- a spiritual one, if you will. Eckhart Tolle says that your situation, your circumstances, your job, even your relationships, are the CONtent, not the essence, of who you are. Moving around a lot is a way of shifting the CONtent and, if you're paying attention, sort of spiraling toward the essence. Or you could just meditate. --Mary I like Fayza’s attitude… and still, I think you can live in the same house all your life and be adaptable. It’s an inner attribute — a spiritual one, if you will. Eckhart Tolle says that your situation, your circumstances, your job, even your relationships, are the CONtent, not the essence, of who you are. Moving around a lot is a way of shifting the CONtent and, if you’re paying attention, sort of spiraling toward the essence. Or you could just meditate. –Mary

]]> By: Fayza http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/remember-how-adaptable-you-are/comment-page-1/#comment-849 Fayza Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:26:33 +0000 http://www.kadavy.net/?p=361#comment-849 This is probably why I move so much. And why I will continue to move until I find it futile. I am addicted to the process of making myself more adaptable. And I'm addicted to the results of increased adaptability. I can actually feel myself stretching like a rubber band with every move. I love it. Once I become too "adapted," then it's time to move on and stretch those muscles once again. This is probably why I move so much. And why I will continue to move until I find it futile. I am addicted to the process of making myself more adaptable. And I’m addicted to the results of increased adaptability. I can actually feel myself stretching like a rubber band with every move. I love it. Once I become too “adapted,” then it’s time to move on and stretch those muscles once again.

]]> By: kadavy http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/remember-how-adaptable-you-are/comment-page-1/#comment-818 kadavy Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:58:18 +0000 http://www.kadavy.net/?p=361#comment-818 Well, I like the cliff analogy, as it reminds me of something my good friend <a href="http://vinnie.net" rel="nofollow">Vinnie</a> likes to say: "When you jump, the net appears." Well, I like the cliff analogy, as it reminds me of something my good friend Vinnie likes to say: “When you jump, the net appears.”

]]> By: Mary http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/remember-how-adaptable-you-are/comment-page-1/#comment-817 Mary Sun, 21 Sep 2008 18:51:46 +0000 http://www.kadavy.net/?p=361#comment-817 Such huge wisdom from one so young! I only just figured this out when I was, like, twice your age. If you don't keep moving, (metaphorically, not necessarily literally, David), life just throws you off a cliff, and you have to flap the wings you didn't know you had, or else be toast. Mixed metaphor, sorry. But there are Rest Periods too. You get to treasure them, while you get ready for the next curve ball. This comment is Metaphor Hash, but you know what I mean.... Such huge wisdom from one so young! I only just figured this out when I was, like, twice your age. If you don’t keep moving, (metaphorically, not necessarily literally, David), life just throws you off a cliff, and you have to flap the wings you didn’t know you had, or else be toast. Mixed metaphor, sorry. But there are Rest Periods too. You get to treasure them, while you get ready for the next curve ball. This comment is Metaphor Hash, but you know what I mean….

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