In the past, I've always heard the advice of "going with the flow" to mean that one should accept whatever it is, coming their way, yet these days, I think of it quite differently.
Not fighting against the current is more in line with how I find myself thinking about and expressing such a statement. You know... like as in water survival training…
One of the potential, life saving techniques when finding yourself adrift in a raging tide, is to swim with the current, gradually stroking towards shore, or river bank.
Now, this may not work in every situation, for every body of water, but in many cases, it can keep you from puttering out and sinking beneath the surface to your utter demise.
How this works out when faced with an angry mob coming at you from down the street with baseball bats in their hands... I don't know…??? I just haven't given all scenarios much thought...🤢 Turning and running in the same direction they are moving towards, is kind of like 'going with the flow' (I think???)
Since I really hate the kind of posts where people are lecturing about how WE should act, think and say according to what they profess to know… I'm bowing out from discussing the flow theory any further; less I become one of those jerks described above.
Listen, my friends... Be safe... Be prepared... While hoping and striving for the BEST...
Ciao
