"Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change."
- Stephen Hawking
"Adapt yourself to the things among which your lot has been cast and love sincerely the fellow creatures with whom destiny has ordained that you shall live."
- Marcus Aurelius
"A true champion can adapt to anything."
- Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Adaptation
Dr. John Rusevlyan spoke about adaptation and "being good." His Four Way Test sounds like something my dad has taught me: to follow my morals, whatever I decide them to be and if what I do is what I fully and truly believe to be good and that I do my utmost to stick to the standard that I put in place for myself, then I should be okay.
Adaptation is fundamental to success. No matter how much the American society values individualism, we all must adapt to something in some way or another at some point in of lives; if not, then it is a constant recurrence in each of our everyday lives. I think that an open-mind can be valuable for just about every situation. Understanding several perspectives of the same thing takes wisdom, patience, and tolerance. It can be difficult but it is valuable.
The hard thing about sticking to one's own morals and keeping an open mind is that it can be hard to balance the two sometimes. This is one of the points in life in which one must adapt. It can be difficult and adaptation is often the harder choice, but sometimes it is necessary.
Dr. Rusevlyan also spoke about networking. There's that word again! My sister is only a couple of years older than I am and has just had a baby :) but her hubby is about to be sent off to serve, so she is going stir crazy in her house watching the baby and is in a town that is new to her. She called me the other day telling me about how she didn't know anyone and that she couldn't think of anything else to do at home so I suggested volunteering.
On a side note, the UNA Model United Nations did well in Atlanta last weekend and we're hoping to attend another conference soon and win some more awards!!
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