Surviving well or barely at all is still survival, but living is when you are able to adapt yourself to find and be joyous in any experience. Being willing to work with what is to create balance that generates optimal survival is a great asset. It is in the moment that we can observe what is and what isn't so in each moment we adapt as part of our role in experiencing life for its diversity. We all want a good life that is smooth sailing but the emotional seas we travel to be alive are almost always tumultuous. Setbacks hit us like waves some powerful and sweep you away from here actions and some are small just bumping you around a bit. Some waves are more of a tsunami wiping out everything you know altering your life forever well some ways are hard to read being created by an undertow, life seems calm but you're triggered to react as if you're ready for a big storm. The waters of life are ever flowing and so we often don't even notice how or why we are adapting until we reflect on the journey for awhile when the water is calm. However tranquil sees mean no change, nothing in nor out, limiting nurtured growth and we must adapt still to stir up joy in the contentment of calm.