What if I didn't need to be consistent?

Have you grown up thinking you needed to make a decision and stick to it? That you had to figure out the right way to live and abide by that? Do you get confused by apparently differing advice? For example, to pay for things you love with a generosity of spirit on one hand, while asking how you can use people and things to your advantage, on the other? Is life always the same? Are people consistent? How often have you been disappointed when people and situations didn't meet your expectations? If you'd like to create your life, rather than react to its inconsistency, ask “What if I didn't need to be consistent?” What if instead of trying to figure out a fool-proof method of living your life on autopilot, you stayed fully alert to all the possibilities in each moment of your life, and chose the approach that best suited you in that moment? You will probably appear inconsistent to everyone else. Does that matter? Only if you want a life like everyone else.