Adjustment is the essence of life!

Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations.
Herbert Spencer

We pass through various phases of life, from the time we enter our mother’s womb till we are gone. Every time we go through a transition from one phase to another, we have to adjust with the new environment. Consider the transition from the protective womb of the mother to the din and noise of the world. The survival of the baby depends on the ability to adapt and adjust to the new environment.

The baby enters the school from the protection of the parents where it was alone to a place where it has to share and compete with other children. The child has to adjust. The child becomes a student and the adjustment should continue. Friends disappear and the spouse enters the scene and the adjustment becomes even more relevant. The skill required to run a family takes into account the element of adjustment.

Not to talk about the organisational platform where one has to adjust and align the personal objective with that of the organisation.

The element of adjustment is relevant even at the biological level. What happens if the transplanted kidney does not adjust with the other tissues of the body?
Over this weekend can you evaluate yourself on this ‘adjustment quotient’?

N C Sridharan
www.thetimefoundation.com

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