Bend

A practice in basic fluidity, basic yes-ness: Bend.
Sway with and be moved by the weathers.
Trust your roots in earth, hold ground, express, shape, give.
Surrender to reality. Yield fully.
Naturally, gently spring & bounce as passing pressures lift.
Settle slowly into shapes of how and where you've arrived.

The late Richard Wagamese shared honest, hard-won wisdoms. (Please find and read his books.)
Here's one fragment:
OLD WOMAN: Always be a gentleman, my boy.
ME: You mean polite, gracious, humble?
OLD WOMAN: No, I mean always be a gentle man. Act softly and kindly to others and to yourself.
ME: In everything?
OLD WOMAN: Yes. In everything. You don’t need to be hard, like others may say. Hard things break. Soft things never do. Be like grass. It gets stepped on and flattened but regains its shape again once the pressure passes. It is humble, accepting and soft. That’s what makes it strong.