"Promise What You Will...Time Will Take It All And It Will, You'll See."

I seem to be in a near constant battle royal of sorts with expectations and life.
You want to know why I've never been much of a planner? For anyone that knows me, they know it can't stem from indolence. It's because life doesn't care if you've made plans in advance, it's going to do whatever it wants to do whether in line with your expectations or not, as the past few weeks has clearly shown me.
The problem that most people run into is what to do when life does intervene and all notions of control seem to be wrecked. It seems that no matter what preparations one makes, they are are essentially null and void in the grand scheme of things, when compared to life's largely unknown intentions. That's where people are wrong though. Hell, that's where I'm usually wrong.
It's in those impromptu decisions made at the crux of crumbling plans in which one has the most control. I think those are the moments that truly define people and what they will get out of life. Flexibility is grossly underrated. Paired with, as cliche as it sounds, a positive outlook flexibility can pretty much solve any of life's hurdles. I don't know how many times I have to prove this to myself to actually heed my own advice.

"Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless - like water. Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup, you put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle, you put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.
-Bruce Lee