Sometimes the best-laid plans go awry. So, we adapt as we must when circumstances call for it. Best to accept and adapt rather than to resist.
The best-laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men
From “To a Mouse” by Robert Burns
Gang aft agley,
As the couplet from one of Burns’ most famous poems tells us, the best laid plans often go awry, so it would have had special resonance to attend a virtual Burns night on 25th January this year, when across most of the world people could not get together in person for the annual celebration of the Bard.
The image above is of an angle grinder. Do you have any idea how loud they are when cutting paving slabs through a window that is open to allow for a power cord? No, neither did I, until this morning when the landscaping crew working in my garden started their work. Oh, and today an electrician is also drilling out brickwork to chase new power points down the wall. My plans for the day did not involve this level of noise disrupting my focussed work for the day.
Ah well, sometimes the best-laid plans go awry.
So, we adapt as we must when circumstances call for it. Best to accept and adapt rather than to resist.
How do you respond (or react?) when your plans go awry?
As for me, today I’ve arranged with the electrician and the landscaper to give me a block of time later today for some calls, but before that to make as much noise as they want. I’m off for a long walk, bye for now!