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Adjustment—The Golden Rule

The only realistic option for you is to adjust with other people.
Here, adjustment means refraining from reacting, not trying
to change others, not becoming negative, and not imagining
issues to be insurmountable, but rather managing the
situation with aplomb.

djustment is a way of life. What is adjustment? To
Aall intents and purposes, adjustment is a form of
accommodating or palliative behaviour that you adopt
– ostensibly towards someone else, while it is actually
for your own benefit and your own peace of mind. Once
equable adjustments have been made in undesirable
situations, one may live in a state of mental equilibrium.
The problem is that, in accordance with the creation
plan of God, our world is a world of differences. Every
human being is either Mr. Different or Ms. Different.
Moreover, all human beings have the freedom of choice
to behave in whichever way they want. This being so,
everyone must live perforce in a jungle of differences.
And it has to be conceded that the creation plan is
immutable. Then, what to do in such circumstances?

The only realistic option for you is to adjust with
other people. Here, adjustment means refraining from
reacting, not trying to change others, not becoming

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