Example of an Example essay
“Flow like water-strong like current.”
This quote rings true because flexibility and adaptability are the cornerstones of strength. For example, during high winds a tree that has give and bends with the wind will remain intact and healthy, whereas a stiff tree whose branches are inflexible snap like a brittle bone in an old woman’s body. When one looks out after very heavy winds to see the destruction of fallen tree limbs and snapped branches, one is seeing the result of being inflexible, of being stubborn, of being unable to deal with change. This is not only true in the natural world but in the world of morality and character. The strongest people are the most adaptable. Those who fail, fail because of their unwavering core. Those who fail, fail because they refuse to adjust. Those who fail, fail because their inflexibility makes them weak. Those who succeed adjust. Those who succeed consider the time, place, and people-the circumstances dictate their actions. In time of trouble they prevail by adapting. In times of promise, they adapt to remain humble and grateful. They constantly adjust like homeostasis adjusts to keep the body 98.6 degrees. In the smothering heat of August, when sweat pours from society’s skin, the body regulates and adjusts. In the icy cold of January, the body attempts to stoke the furnace of your soul to generate enough heat to stay alive. Flexibility and adaptability is strength. In the face of a strong wind or an extreme temperature remember to lean on the strength of being supple, like water rushing during a spring thaw, bouncing and moving over rocks and under toppled trees. For just like that rushing river, whose roar announces it strength like a lion’s roar announces his presence across the savannah, the most flexible and adaptable is also the strongest.
This quote rings true because flexibility and adaptability are the cornerstones of strength. For example, during high winds a tree that has give and bends with the wind will remain intact and healthy, whereas a stiff tree whose branches are inflexible snap like a brittle bone in an old woman’s body. When one looks out after very heavy winds to see the destruction of fallen tree limbs and snapped branches, one is seeing the result of being inflexible, of being stubborn, of being unable to deal with change. This is not only true in the natural world but in the world of morality and character. The strongest people are the most adaptable. Those who fail, fail because of their unwavering core. Those who fail, fail because they refuse to adjust. Those who fail, fail because their inflexibility makes them weak. Those who succeed adjust. Those who succeed consider the time, place, and people-the circumstances dictate their actions. In time of trouble they prevail by adapting. In times of promise, they adapt to remain humble and grateful. They constantly adjust like homeostasis adjusts to keep the body 98.6 degrees. In the smothering heat of August, when sweat pours from society’s skin, the body regulates and adjusts. In the icy cold of January, the body attempts to stoke the furnace of your soul to generate enough heat to stay alive. Flexibility and adaptability is strength. In the face of a strong wind or an extreme temperature remember to lean on the strength of being supple, like water rushing during a spring thaw, bouncing and moving over rocks and under toppled trees. For just like that rushing river, whose roar announces it strength like a lion’s roar announces his presence across the savannah, the most flexible and adaptable is also the strongest.
posted by MrGarland at 8:30 AM
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