
Emotional flexibility can help you through many stressful situations.
Flexibility is a virtue that produces many benefits. It allows you to access more opportunities. People are more inclined to ask you to do things because they know you are more likely to say yes when you’re able. It is also a valuable tool for conflict resolution and anger management. An analogy on flexibility is the difference between steel and iron. Steel withstands stress more than iron because it is more malleable and flexible than iron.
Being flexible can also help to weather rough relationships. In potentially high conflict situations, taking yourself out of the mind frame that you need to stay with a rigid point of view can be crippling. Try letting different attitudes and treatments come from others without having to react a certain way. When give yourself the freedom of not needing to react predictably (usually negatively) toward a situation, you’re free to assess the situation and be in control of both your emotions and the conflict that's around you.
Flexibility contains elements of humility. It requires that a person not take himself too seriously when he faces adversity. It is an attitude that comes in handy when one encounters stressful situations.
Being flexible costs nothing, and it allows one to experience freedom in times of conflict.
Source: wellness.com