Have you ever had a hard time adjusting to new circumstances?

Perhaps a spouse changes his or her mind about how to manage family affairs, or your boss demands a course of action that you don’t agree with, or your dreams and hopes aren’t being fulfilled?

Do you sit around and moan and complain and grumble? Or do you quickly adjust to the revised plan, keep your cheer intact and happily move forward knowing that all is well under the one Mind’s harmonious control?

I learned a pointed lesson on the benefit of quickly adapting to changing circumstances from my new Garmin GPS locator.

What a fabulous invention the Garmin is! I just discovered them two weeks ago after I almost got lost in the belly of Los Angeles and decided I needed a more full-proof way of navigating unknown city streets.

The Garmin has a 4 by 3 inch screen that shows me exactly where I am on any street and then tells me where to drive next to get to my desired destination.

While in Chicago, I was following my Garmin’s directions but came to an intersection blocked by firetrucks and police cars.

“Uh-oh,” I panicked a bit. Not wanting to get stuck in that auto mess, I turned around and headed in the opposite direction. I worried because I had just totally deviated from the Garmin’s directions, and I didn’t know where to go on my own. But to my surprise, the Garmin instantly adapted.

“Just a moment please. Re-calculating.” The women’s voice in the box said. In a few seconds, the Garmin had a new route for me to travel and arrive safely where I needed to be.

“Fabulous!” I exclaimed. I loved the quick response and revision to changing circumstances.

After a few miles, I encountered severe delays on a highway I was supposed to travel. I skipped the exit Garmin told me to take. “Uh-oh,” I worried. “Now what?”

“Just a moment. Re-calculating,” the women’s voice told me again. Presto, a new plan appeared on my Garmin’s screen.

“Amazing!” I was so thrilled to know that no matter where I turned, wrong or right, a new plan would always appear to get me to where I needed to be.

And the Garmin never complained! It never protested, “You dummy, you just took the wrong turn. You idiot, you didn’t follow my directions. If you would have listened to me, you wouldn’t be lost now!” Nope. No complaints from Garmin. Garmin simply instantly re-calculated a new plan, and off we went without delay.

What a great attitude for life!

I’m striving to be more like Garmin.

When plans don’t work out to my expectation or outline, well, that just means I need to re-calculate and figure out a plan that works. There’s always a way to get to where I need to be. Not a moment should be wasted, grumbling, complaining, fretting or worrying about plans that did not work out. There is always a plan that works, and if we keep our thought open, receptive and eager to follow, we will discern it and continue on our way as if no roadblock was encountered in the first place.

Happy journeys!