The Perfect World

In a perfect world my dog wouldn't shed. In a perfect world cigarettes wouldn't cause cancer and booze wouldn't cause liver disease. Hookers would be free and strippers would actually have feelings for you. But ladies and gents the world ain't perfect. In the Marine Corps we had a saying, "Adapt and overcome". When things don't go as planned you... adapt.... and overcome. I think we get caught up in a world where we believe everything should go as we see fit or as we viewed them in our head as going. We forget to adapt to our given surroundings and our unfulfilled expectations as if we were promised the perfect world. There is no perfect world. The world has made no agreement, signed no contract, or even flirtatiously hinted that it would align with or go along with any plans you might have conceived. The world don't give a shit people! No matter how well and premeditated your plans might be, it simply does not matter.

Life is a series of adaptations. BOOM. It's that simple; we can't predict or control the outcome of a situation. We are lucky if we can even sway things to go in our favor just slightly. We are too quick to lose sight of this fact. We want things as we perceive they should be in our minds and leave little room for deviation. So when things do go awry (which they inevitably will) we shit ourselves and look for someone or something to blame for this hairpin turn that was not apart of the blueprint when we designed the map. Adapt and overcome. 

Here is how it works.

Part I: ADAPT- To make suitable, as by changing; to modify (oneself) to conform to a situation or environment, as defined by my trusty Doubleday Dictionary. Let's say I go to the movies and the movie I wanted to see is sold out. I can either throw a temper tantrum and curse out the ticket attendant and then sulk all the way home. Or ADAPT and see what else is playing. 

Which leads me to... 

Part II: OVERCOME- To get the better of, defeat, conquer; to prevail over or surmount, as difficulties, obstacles, etc. Thank you Doubleday. So in the scenario I have created I have adapted to the devastating news that the movie I had so thoughtfully planned by seeing what else is playing. I then choose a different movie (overcome), and for all intents and purposes accomplish what I set out to do in the beginning which was to go see a movie. Not the movie I originally wanted to see however the world is not perfect and does not cater to my every want and need.

I don't really know what the fuck I'm talking about but the logic seems sound. You adapt to your given surroundings, and if unfavorable, you overcome by making said surroundings suitable to your needs. Simple as that. Rinse and repeat.

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