Going with the Flow

I worked at a mental health center many years ago. One day one of my fellow workers made the comment: “When times get tough you’ve to fight, flee, or flow.” The fellow worker prided himself in being able to repeat these kinds of sayings. Since that time, I have come to realize that these are only some of your possible options. I don’t know why the fellow worker said this, or where he appropriated the idea. I am sure the fellow worker must have heard the statement over and over during his lifetime. The worker was an older Mexican gentleman. Since that time, I have thought about the statement many times. I figured that maybe the gentlemen thought and saw how dissatisfied I was with my situation at the center.

When considering a title for this book of sayings, I quickly latched on to the title, “Going with the Flow.” I liked this title because I am not one to flight or flee. And “Going with the Flow” is more a part of my natural style. I am now a retired social worker, who was a private counselor for several years, and has always tried to encourage people to “Go with the Flow.” In some cases, it is the best way to operate, especially when there are seemingly few alternatives.

The statement describes my feelings about life in general up to this point in my existence. I haven’t always gone with the flow, but have moved closer to this mode of operating.

Most of these sayings came from either my background and experiences or my cerebral, creative consciousness. Most of them came from my creative consciousness. A few of them are common sayings that I have memorized from hearing over and over throughout my lifetime. None of them were deliberately taken from other sources. Most of them are products of my life experiences. As I get older, I find that my environment while growing up was richer than I thought at one time, and it did in fact provide me with many of these sayings.

These sayings deal with the many vicissitudes of life. I deal with a variety of subjects. Nothing is specifically mentioned about being an African American, but these sayings without a doubt come partially out of the African American experience.

Without a doubt you will find these sayings interesting. They are equally as captivating as some of my other books of sayings. These sayings are simple but powerful, to the point, and down to earth. You will find them extraordinary.

I have composed these sayings while sitting in my study listening to smooth jazz on my TV, during the cold winter season of 2019-20. The book is entitled, “Going with the Flow,” because of the way in which it was written.

You will notice after reading any of my books of sayings that the sayings tend to naturally fall into certain categories. These categories are not fixed in stone. Some of the sayings are fluid and could possibly fall into several of the categories. I had to finally decide on one category.

I have written several other books of sayings. All of them can be found @ amazon.com, or www.willisjay.com.