What does it mean to adjust the sails?
What does it mean to adjust the sails?
When things happen that are challenges in life, we can take steps and “adjust our sails” to modify the circumstances in our own behalf or better cope with them. It reminds us we need to be flexible in life, constantly adjusting ourselves and our path in response to the world.”
Can change the wind adjust the sails?
Parton once said, “We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.” Use this advice to use perception to get to meaning you seek.
Who said you can’t direct the wind but you can adjust your sails?
A popular adage highlights this flexibility: We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails. This saying has been credited to Dolly Parton, Thomas S, Monson, Bertha Calloway, Jimmy Dean, and several others.
What is the meaning of We Can’t direct the wind but we can adjust the sails?
The verse is: We cannot direct the winds but we can adjust our sails. Think about this for a minute. It has so many applications to our lives, whether we are depressed or not. The underlying message is that many things happen in our lives that we might not prefer and that we cannot avoid or change.
How do you adjust a sail?
Here are some helpful hints:
- Turn the boat slowly into the wind until the jib is fully backed.
- As the sail backs, take in the extra slack in the jibsheet and over-trim the jib.
- When the jib is fully backed, keep an eye on your course and wait a few moments while the boat loses way and the keel and rudder start to stall.
What does wind in your sails mean?
Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is “put the wind in someone’s sails“ and its meaning is “to make someone feel more confident to do something”.
What is upwind and downwind sailing?
Upwind sailing is sailing toward the direction from which the wind is blowing. It includes two points of sail: Close-Hauled and Close Reaching. Sailing across the wind is called Beam Reaching. Downwind sailing refers to sailing in the direction to which the wind is blowing. It includes both Broad Reaching and Running.
What does you’re the wind beneath my wings mean?
So this is a song where the sentiments expressed are based on the person who is relaying them praising the person receiving them, specifically in terms of that person being the ‘wind beneath their wings’.