To act accordingly is to act consequently.

To act accordingly is to act correspondingly.

To act accordingly to the environment.

To act accordingly to the situation.

To act accordingly is to follow the heart.

From Latin ad- ‘to’ + cor, cord- ‘heart’.

photo by Toni Schneiders, “Wellen im Sand”

What does the situation demand?

What is the situation?

To act accordingly to the situation is to respond to the relation between the one who is to act and the situation itself.

The one who is to act has a mission.

The situation itself has a potentiality.

The two merge into unity,
Consequences arise.

Some of the consequences
respond to the mission
and to the potentialities.

photo by Jeff Rowley, “Big Wave Surfer”

Sometimes we know what to do but the circumstances are not right.

Sometimes the circumstances are right but we don’t know what to do.

Both cases mean that we do not act accordingly.

For to act accordingly is to do what’s right for the circumstances.

A train is coming and you are on the tracks. The circumstances are right to die. You want to live. You need to act accordingly.

A train is coming and you are on the train. The circumstances are right. You want to travel. You act accordingly.

A train is coming and you are on the tracks. The circumstances are right to die. You want to die. You act accordingly.

A train is coming and you are on the train. The circumstances are right. You want to stop. You act accordingly.

Polysingularity of acting accordingly is to find the path.

Polysingularity of acting accordingly is to respond with a single answer to many different questions.

photo: Georges Dambier, “Catherine a la Dune du Pilat”

To do what the situation demands, being loyal and dedicated within one’s effort.

To act accordingly is to respond to the bigger picture and to the momentum at the same time.

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